American Standard Version
"But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. "
— 1 Corinthians 7:8, American Standard Version
“I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.”
“But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.”
“To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.”
“But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.”
“But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.”
“I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.”
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.
But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband
(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.