1 Corinthians 7:8
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
In other versions
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
ASV
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.
BBE
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.
DBY
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
WEB
And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I `am';
YLT
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
ENG
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they remain even as I.
WBT
Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
BSB
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: