8Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am.
8Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am.
5 Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am.
9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
7:8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
7:8But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.
7:8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
7:8But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.
7:8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
7:8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they remain even as I.
7:8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
7:8And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I am;
7:8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.