"I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I." — 1 Corinthians 7:8

1 Corinthians 7:8 · KJV

“I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.”

— 1 Corinthians 7:8

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

Verse 9

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

1 Corinthians 7 — Context

But I speak this by permission, {and} not of commandment.

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

And unto the married I command, {yet} not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from {her} husband:

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:32

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: {that belong...: Gr. of the Lord}

1 Corinthians 7:34-35

There is difference {also} between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please {her} husband.

1 Corinthians 7:7

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

1 Corinthians 7:26-27

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, {I say}, that {it is} good for a man so to be. {distress: or, necessity}

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: {It is} good for a man not to touch a woman.