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This I say by way of concession, and not of commandment. For I would that all men were as I myself am. But every one has his own gift from God – one of this kind, another of that. I say to the unmarried men and widows that it is good for them if they remain just as I do.

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I say this as a concession, not as a command.(A) 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)

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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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers