Bible verse
Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
1 Corinthians 7:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 7.
4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
8 Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
9 But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
KJV
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
ASV
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
ERV
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
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