1 Corinthians 7:8 Cross References - Common

⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to the widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.

¹ Now concerning the matters about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

⁷ I wish that all men were as I myself am. But each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

²⁶ I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is. ²⁷ Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage.

³² But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

³⁴ and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman, and the virgin, is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how she may please her husband. ³⁵ This I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is good and to secure undivided devotion to the Lord.