1 Corinthians 7:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.
  • 1 Cor 7:7 : 7 It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.
  • 1 Cor 7:26-27 : 26 In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is. 27 If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.
  • 1 Cor 7:32 : 32 But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:
  • 1 Cor 7:34-35 : 34 And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband. 35 Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:24-29
    6 verses
    84%

    24My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.

    25Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.

    26In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.

    27If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

    28If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.

    29But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;

  • 1 Cor 7:9-17
    9 verses
    83%

    9But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

    10But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

    11(Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

    12But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.

    13And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.

    14For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.

    15But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.

    16For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

    17Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

  • 1 Cor 7:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

    7It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

  • 1 Cor 7:32-40
    9 verses
    79%

    32But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:

    33But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

    34And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

    35Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

    36But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

    37But the man who is strong in mind and purpose, who is not forced but has control over his desires, does well if he comes to the decision to keep her a virgin.

    38So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.

    39It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

    40But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.

    2But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

  • Matt 19:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.

    10The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

    3So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.

  • 1 Cor 7:20
    71%

    20Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.

  • 1 Tim 5:9
    70%

    9Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,

  • 1 Tim 5:11
    69%

    11But to the younger widows say No: for when their love is turned away from Christ, they have a desire to be married;

  • 1 Tim 5:14
    69%

    14So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

  • Matt 22:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

    26In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh.

  • Titus 1:6
    69%

    6Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

  • 1 Tim 5:16
    69%

    16If any woman of the faith has relations who are widows, let her give them help, so that the care of them does not come on the church, and so it may give help to those who are truly widowed.

  • Mark 10:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

    8And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

  • Num 30:9
    68%

    9But if her husband, hearing of it, makes her take it back, then the oath she made and the undertaking she gave without thought will have no force or effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

  • 1 Tim 3:2
    67%

    2The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;

  • Luke 20:34-35
    2 verses
    67%

    34And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;

    35But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married;

  • Matt 19:6
    67%

    6So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

  • Heb 13:4
    67%

    4Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

  • Luke 20:29
    67%

    29Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

  • 1 Tim 5:3
    67%

    3Give honour to widows who are truly widows.