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1 Corinthians 7:8
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1 Corinthians 7:8
8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
8I say therefore to the vnmaried and widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Corinthians 7:8
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
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Not married; having no husband or no wife.
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Women whose husbands have died.
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That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
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To remain, continue, or endure.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Just as, or in the same manner stated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
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Open the full verse study34There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
35And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
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Open the full verse study26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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Open the full verse study7For 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.
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Open the full verse study1NOW concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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