8 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I am;
1 Corinthians 7:8 Cross References - RYLT
1 Corinthians 7:1
1 And concerning the things of which you wrote to me: good it is for a man not to touch a woman,
1 Corinthians 7:7
7 for I wish all men to be even as I myself am; but each his own gift has of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.
1 Corinthians 7:26-27
1 Corinthians 7:32
32 And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
1 Corinthians 7:34-35
34 The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.
35 And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,