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1 Corinthians 7:6-8
New Catholic Bible
1 Corinthians 7:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 I suggest this not as a command but by way of concession. 7 I wish that all of you would be as I myself am. However, each person has a particular gift from God, one having one kind and another a different kind.
8 To the unmarried and to widows, I say that it is a good thing for them to remain as they are, as I do.
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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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