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1 Corinthians 7:8

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6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

7 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.

9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

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BSB
Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
KJV
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
WEB
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
ASV
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
DARBY
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.
BLB
Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows: [It is] good for them if they should remain as even I [am].
ÅB
Til de ugifte og til enkene sier jeg: Det er godt for dem om de vedblir å være som jeg;
OTB
Men jeg sier til de ugifte og til enker at det er godt for dem om de forblir som jeg er.
B1930
Til de ugifte og til enkene sier jeg: Det er godt for dem om de vedblir å være som jeg;

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:32

    But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:34–35

    There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:7

    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.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:26–27

    I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:1

    Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

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