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1 Corinthians 7:8 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verse 8
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.1 Corinthians 7:8 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:8 in context
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:
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Key words (Strong's)
- 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 →
- goodkalosbeautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable…G2570 →
- saylegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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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