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1 Corinthians 7:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Corinthians 7:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 [a](A)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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- 7:8 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.
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