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1 Corinthians 7:6-8
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1 Corinthians 7:6-8
International Standard Version
6 But I say this as a concession, not as a command. 7 I would like everyone to be unmarried,[a] like I am. However, each person has a special gift from God, one this and another that.
8 I say to those who are unmarried, especially to widows: It is good for them to remain like me.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:7 The Gk. lacks unmarried
1 Corinthians 7:6-8
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1 Corinthians 7:6-8
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6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.(A) 7 I wish that all of you were as I am.(B) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(C)
8 Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(D)
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- 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers
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