I Corinthians 7:8
“I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 I Corinthians 7:8 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be good for them to remain as I am myself.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Ich sage aber den Unverheirateten und den Witwen: Es ist gut für sie, wenn sie bleiben wie auch ich.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Digo pues á los solteros y á las viudas, que bueno les es si se quedaren como yo.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Mas digo aos solteiros, e às viúvas que lhes é bom se permanecessem como eu estou.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Digo aos não casados e às viúvas que é bom que permaneçam sem se casar assim como eu.
📖 I Corinthians 7:8 in Context
6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
7For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
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