8But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.


In Context

5 Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

6 But this I say, as consenting to, not as commanding it.

7 Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God: one man thus, and another thus.

8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.

9 But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

10 But to the married I enjoin, not I, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;

1 Corinthians 7:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:8But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they remain even as I.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I am;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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