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1 Corinthians 7:7-8 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verses 7–8 · King James Version
7For 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. 8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.1 Corinthians 7:7-8 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:7-8 in context
5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
7For 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.
8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- myselfemautouI, me, myself etcG1683 →
- properidiospertaining to one s self, one s own, belonging to one s selfG2398 →
- mannerhoytō(s)in this manner, thus, soG3779 →
- widowschēraa widow, metaph. a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the…G5503 →
- abidemenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
- giftcharismaa favour with which one receives without any merit of his own, the gift of divine grace…G5486 →
- goodkalosbeautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable…G2570 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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The apostle comes now, as a faithful and skilful casuist, to answer some cases of conscience which the Corinthians had proposed to him. Those were things whereof they wrote to him, Co1 7:1. As the lips of ministers should keep knowledge, so the people should ask the law at their mouths.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9