1 Corinthians 7:8
“I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.”
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
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.
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Cross-References
“Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”
“I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.”
“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:”
“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.”
“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.”