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1 Corinthians 7:7-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Corinthians 7:7-8
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7 Indeed, I wish everyone to be as I am, but each has a particular gift from God,[a] one of one kind and one of another.(A)
8 [b](B)Now to the unmarried and to widows I say: it is a good thing for them to remain as they are, as I do,
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- 7:7 A particular gift from God: use of the term charisma suggests that marriage and celibacy may be viewed in the light of Paul’s theology of spiritual gifts (1 Cor 7:12–14).
- 7:8 Paul was obviously unmarried when he wrote this verse. Some interpreters believe that he had previously been married and widowed; there is no clear evidence either for or against this view, which was expressed already at the end of the second century by Clement of Alexandria.
1 Corinthians 7:7-8
New International Version
1 Corinthians 7:7-8
New International Version
7 I wish that all of you were as I am.(A) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(B)
8 Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(C)
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- 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers
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