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I say those things to you as my advice, not as a command. I wish all of you were single like me. But you each have your own gift from God. One has this gift, and another has that one.

I speak now to those who are not married. I also speak to widows. It is good for you to stay single like me.

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I say this as a concession, not as a command.(A) I wish that all of you were as I am.(B) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(C)

Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers