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


In Context

5 Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

6 and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,

7 for I wish all men to be even as I myself am; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

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

9 and if they have not continence — let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

10 and to the married I announce — not I, but the Lord — let not a wife separate from a 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 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 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.