1 Corinthians 7:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

I say to those who are not married, especially to widows: It is good for you to stay single like me.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

But I tell the unmarried, and women who are widows, that it is well for them to remain as I am.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

1 Corinthians 7:8 Cross References

XREF:

1 Corinthians 7:1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:7 Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.

1 Corinthians 7:26 I think then that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

1 Corinthians 9:5 Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:8 {6} I say therefore to the {f} unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
(6) Sixthly, he gives the very same admonition touching the second marriage, that is, that a single life is to be allowed, but for those who have the gift of continency. Otherwise they ought to marry again, so that their conscience may be at peace.
(f) This whole passage is completely against those who condemn second marriages.

PNT:

7:8 To the unmarried and widows, etc. If they have his self-control, it is well for them to remain unmarried, even as he. Not that the unmarried state is better, but on account of the present distress (1Co 7:26), the critical times. There are times when it is best to remain unmarried; for instance, in a time of war and invasion. The ground of his advice is not moral, but prudential.

WES:

7:8 It is good for them if they remain even as I - That St. Paul was then single is certain and from Acts 7:58, compared with the following parts of the history, it seems probable that he always was so. It does not appear that this declaration, any more than 1Co 7:1, hath any reference at all to a state of persecution.

MHC:

7:1-9 The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, in that juncture of time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, and the comforts of that state, are settled by Divine wisdom. Though none may break the law of God, yet that perfect rule leaves men at liberty to serve him in the way most suited to their powers and circumstances, of which others often are very unfit judges. All must determine for themselves, seeking counsel from God how they ought to act.

CONC:

Abide Single Stay Unmarried Widows Women

Abide Good Single Unmarried Widows Women

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