Principles of Marriage
1 Corinthians 7:8
In 9 translations
- 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.
- LSV
- And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
- YLT
- And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
- DBY
- But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.
- DRC
- But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.
- GNV
- Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἐστιν (“it is”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: αὐτοῖς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοῖς; Robinson–Pierpont add ἐστιν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις, καλὸν αὐτοῖς ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ·
- RP2018
- Λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις, καλὸν αὐτοῖς ἐστιν ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ.
- TR-Boyd
- Λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις, καλὸν αὐτοῖς ἐστιν ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ.
- SCR1894
- λεγω δε τοις αγαμοις και ταις χηραις καλον αυτοις εστιν εαν μεινωσιν ως καγω
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 7:32I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 7:34–35and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how…
- 1 Corinthians 7:26–27Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is. Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
- 1 Corinthians 7:7I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
- 1 Corinthians 7:1Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).