Verse 8

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 Now concerning the things you wrote to me about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
  • 1 Cor 7:7 : 7 For I wish that all men were as I am. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.
  • 1 Cor 7:26-27 : 26 I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress—that it is good for a man to remain as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
  • 1 Cor 7:32 : 32 But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 7:34-35 : 34 There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 And this I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.