1 Corinthians 7:8
Good News Translation
Now, to the unmarried and to the widows I say that it would be better for you to continue to live alone as I do.

Contemporary English Version
My advice for the unmarried and for widows is that it is acceptable for them to remain single, just as I am.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.

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

1 Corinthians 7:26,27,32,34,35 I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity: that it is good for a man so to be. . . .

Context
Principles of Marriage
7For I would that all men were even as myself. But every one hath his proper gift from God: one after this manner, and another after that. 8But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I. 9But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:7
For I would that all men were even as myself. But every one hath his proper gift from God: one after this manner, and another after that.

1 Corinthians 7:26
I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity: that it is good for a man so to be.

1 Corinthians 9:5
Have we not power to carry about a woman, a sister as well as the rest of the apostles and the brethren of the Lord and Cephas?

Additional Translations
Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.

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

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 the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.

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

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

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

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

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