Verse 8
1 Corinthians 7:8
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
8
But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.
Original Language Text
greek
Λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις, καλὸν ⸀αὐτοῖς ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ·
English Translation
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them if they remain as I am.
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Chapter 7 Context
1
Now concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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2
But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husba...
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3
Let the husband render the debt to his wife, and the wife also in like manner to the husband.
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4
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath n...
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5
Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to pr...
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6
But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.
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7
For I would that all men were even as myself: but every one hath his proper gift from God (Elohim);...
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8
But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.
9
But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.
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10
But to them that are married, not I but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her husba...
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11
And if she depart, that she remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husba...
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12
For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she consen...
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13
And if any woman hath a husband that believeth not, and he consent to dwell with her, let her not pu...
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14
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife; and the unbelieving wife is sanctif...
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15
But if the unbeliever depart, let him depart. For a brother or sister is not under servitude in such...
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16
For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband ? Or how knowest thou, O man, whet...
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17
But as the Lord hath distributed to every one, as God (Elohim) hath called every one, so let him wal...
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18
Is any man called, being circumcised ? let him not procure uncircumcision. Is any man called in unci...
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19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing: but the observance of the commandments of Go...
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20
Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.
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21
Wast thou called, being a bondman ? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
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22
For he that is called in the Lord, being a bondman, is the freeman of the Lord. Likewise he that is...
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23
You are bought with a price; be not made the bondslaves of men.
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24
Brethren, let every man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God (Elohim).
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25
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give counsel, as having obtained me...
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26
I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be.
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27
Art thou bound to a wife ? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife.
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28
But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: neverthel...
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This therefore I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be a...
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30
And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as if they rejoiced not; and the...
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31
And they that use this world, as if they used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
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But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the thin...
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33
But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: a...
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34
And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both...
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35
And this I speak for your profit: not to cast a snare upon you; but for that which is decent, and wh...
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36
But if any man think that he seemeth dishonoured, with regard to his virgin, for that she is above t...
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37
For he that hath determined being steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but having power of h...
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38
Therefore, both he that giveth his virgin in marriage, doth well; and he that giveth her not, doth b...
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39
A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband die, she is at liberty...
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40
But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel; and I think that I also ha...
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