1 Corinthians 7:8

“I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.”

"I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I." - 1 Corinthians 7:8
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What does 1 Corinthians 7:8 mean?

The Bible verse 1 Corinthians 7:8 in the King James Version (KJV) states, "I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I." This verse comes from the first letter to the Corinthians, which was written by the apostle Paul. In this…

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Abiding in Contentment: A Call to the Unmarried and Widows

In 1 Corinthians 7:8, the Apostle Paul imparts a poignant wisdom for a specific group of people in the church at Corinth: “I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.” This declaration invites the unmarried and widows to consider the…

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A Prayer for Contentment and Purpose in Singleness

Heavenly Father, I come before You today with a heart full of gratitude and humility, recognizing Your divine wisdom and perfect plan for each of us. As I reflect on the words of Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:8, "I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they…

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1 Corinthians 7:8 - "I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I."
1 Corinthians 8:7 - "Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled."
1 Corinthians 8: 7 However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
1 Corinthians 8: 7 However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
1 Corinthians 11:8 - "For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man."
1 Corinthians 16:8 - "But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost."
1 Corinthians 7:6 - "But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment."
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1 Corinthians 15:7 - "After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles."
1 Corinthians 7:23 - "Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men."
1 Corinthians 6:8 - "Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren."
1 Corinthians 7:19 - "Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God."
1 Corinthians 7:31 - "And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away."
1 Corinthians 8:3 - "But if any man love God, the same is known of him."
1 Corinthians 8:8 - "But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse."
1 Corinthians 1:7 - "So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:"
1 Corinthians 12:7 - "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal."
1 Corinthians 9:8 - "Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?"
1 Corinthians 14:8 - "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?"
2 Corinthians 8:7 - "Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also."
1 Corinthians 7:1 - "Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman."
1 Corinthians 8:5 - "For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)"
1 Corinthians 12:8 - "For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;"
1 Corinthians 1:8 - "Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 7:20 - "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called."