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1 Corinthians 7:8 — King James Version← Study notes

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.


1 Corinthians 7:8Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 7:813 words
GreekMeaning
ΛέγωLegō
I sayverbG3004
δὲde
nowwordG1161
τοῖςtois
to thearticleG3588
ἀγάμοιςagamois
unmarriednounG22
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ταῖςtais
to thearticleG3588
χήραιςchērais
widowsadjectiveG5503
καλὸνkalon
goodadjectiveG2570
αὐτοῖςautois
for thempronounG846
ἐὰνean
ifwordG1437
μείνωσινmeinōsin
they shall remainverbG3306
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
κἀγώkagō
also I. myselfpronounG2504
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 7:8

“Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent.” What then can this mean? “Let not the wife,” says he, “exercise continence, if the husband be unwilling; nor yet the husband without the wife's consent.” Why so? Because great evils spring from this sort of continence. For adulteries and fornications and the ruin of families have often arisen from hence. For if when men have their own wives they commit fornication, much more if you defraud them of this consolation. And…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 19 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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James ThorntonNote3mo ago
The Apostle's Honest Preference
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Paul is saying: I think it's better to stay single like I have. But then he qualifies: everyone's called diffe...
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