1 Corinthians 7:26-27

The Unmarried and the Widowed

26 I think that in view of the present 1 distress a 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 a wife.

  1. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 7:1
    Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.
    1 Corinthians 7:8
    To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.
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