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


In Context

5 Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer; and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.

6 But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.

7 For I would that all men were even as myself: but every one hath his proper gift from God; one after this manner, and another after that.

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

9 But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.

10 But to them that are married, not I but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain 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.