1 Korintus 7:8

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Tetapi kepada orang-orang yang tidak kawin dan kepada janda-janda aku anjurkan, supaya baiklah mereka tinggal dalam keadaan seperti aku.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Tetapi kepada orang-orang yang tidak kawin dan kepada janda-janda aku anjurkan, supaya baiklah mereka tinggal dalam keadaan seperti aku.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Tetapi kepada orang bujang dan kepada janda aku mengatakan, bahwa baiklah mereka itu hidup seperti aku ini.

Contextual Overview

¹ Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman. ² Neuerthelesse, to auoyde fornication, let euery man haue his owne wyfe, and let euery woman haue her owne husband. ³ Let the husbande geue vnto the wyfe due beneuolence: Lykewyse also the wyfe vnto the husbande. ⁴ The wyfe hath not the power of her owne body, but the husbande: And likewyse also the husbande hath not the power of his owne body, but the wife. ⁵ Defraude you not the one the other, except [it be] with both your consentes for a time, that ye may geue your selues to fasting and prayer: and afterward come together againe, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie. ⁶ This I say of fauour, & not of commaundement. ⁷ For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe [am:] but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, another after that. ⁸ I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I. ⁹ But if they can not abstayne, let them marrie: For it is better to marrie then to burne.

Bible Verse Review
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1 Corinthians 7:26, 1 Corinthians 7:27, 1 Corinthians 7:32, 1 Corinthians 7:34, 1 Corinthians 7:35

Reciprocal: Matthew 19:10 - General 1 Corinthians 7:1 - good 1 Corinthians 7:38 - doeth better 1 Corinthians 7:40 - she 1 Timothy 5:14 - the younger

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows,.... Not by way of command, but advice: by the "unmarried" he means, either such men who never were in a married state, or else such who had been married, but their wives were dead; which latter sense seems more agreeable, since they are joined with "widows", who had lost their husbands:

it is good for them if they abide; unmarried, and do not change their condition any more; not that it was sinful to marry again, for he allows of it in the next verse, in case they have not the gift of continence; and therefore "good" here, is not opposed to evil, only signifies that it would be better for them, more expedient and profitable for them; they would be more free from the cares of life, have less trouble, and be more at leisure to serve the Lord; and which he knew by experience, and therefore, proposes himself as an example:

even as I; that is, as he was then; for at that time it seems certain that he had no wife; though whether he had had one, and she was now dead, or whether he had never been married, may be matter of dispute; the former seems most agreeable, since he proposes himself as an example to widowers and widows; and having known what a married and single state both were, was better able to give his judgment of both, and proper advice to such persons which must come with more force and strength, and a better grace, from such an one.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is good for them - It may be advisable, in the present circumstances of persecution and distress, not to be encumbered with the cares and anxieties of a family; see 1 Corinthians 7:26, 1 Corinthians 7:32-34. The word unmarried (ἀγάμοις agamois) may refer either to those who had never been married, or to widowers. It here means simply those who were at that time unmarried, and his reasoning applies to both classes.

And to widows - The apostle specifies these, though he had not specified “widowers” particularly. The reason of this distinction seems to be, that he considers more particularly the case of those females who had never been married, in the close of the chapter, 1 Corinthians 7:25.

That they abide - That they remain, in the present circumstances, unmarried; see 1 Corinthians 7:26.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 7:8. The unmarried and widows — It is supposed that the apostle speaks here of men who had been married, in the word αγαμοι, but were now widowers; as he does of women who had been married, in the word χηραι, but were now widows. And when he says ωςκαγω, even as I, he means that he himself was a widower; for several of the ancients rank Paul among the married apostles.