King James Version
"I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I."
— 1 Corinthians 7:8, King James Version
“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.”
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
For 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.
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.