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But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

1 Corinthians 7:8 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીકરિંથીઓને પહેલો પત્ર ૭:૮
પણ અપરિણીતોને તથા વિધવાઓને હું કહું છું કે, ‘તેઓ જો મારા જેવા રહે તો તેઓને તે હિતકારક છે.’”
हिन्दी1 कुरिन्थियों ७:८
परन्तु मैं अविवाहितों और विधवाओं के विषय में कहता हूँ, कि उनके लिये ऐसा ही रहना अच्छा है, जैसा मैं हूँ।

In context

6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

7Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

9But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.

10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

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