⁶Now as a concession, ^xnot a command, I say this.¹ ⁷^yI wish that all were ^zas I myself am. But ^aeach has his own gift from God, ^bone of one kind and one of another.

⁸To the unmarried and the widows I say that ^cit is good for them to remain single, ^das I am.

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Footnotes

1Or I say this:

Cross references

xver. 12, 25; 2 Cor. 8:8; [ver. 10, 40]
y[Acts 26:29]
zver. 8; [ch. 9:5]
ach. 12:4, 11; 1 Pet. 4:10; [Rom. 12:6]
b Matt. 19:11, 12
cver. 1, 26
dver. 7

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I say this as a concession, not as a command. I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one person has this gift, another has that.

I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am.

NLTNew Living Translation

I say this as a concession, not as a command. But I wish everyone were single, just as I am. Yet each person has a special gift from God, of one kind or another.

So I say to those who aren’t married and to widows—it’s better to stay unmarried, just as I am.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But I say this as a concession, not as a command. I wish all people could be like myself, but each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that way.

Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am.

KJV 1900King James Version

But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

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

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