Catholic Public Domain Version
"But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am. "
— 1 Corinthians 7:8, Catholic Public Domain 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 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.”
So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.
But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.
For I would prefer it if you were all like myself. But each person has his proper gift from God: one in this way, yet another in that way.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am.
But if they cannot restrain themselves, they should marry. For it is better to marry, than to be burned.
But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband.
But if she has separated from him, she must remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.