1COR 7:8 Parallel Verse View

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7:8 This is intentionally left ambiguous because we can’t be certain what Paul meant here.

Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Now to the unmarried and to the widows I say that it is good if they remain as I also am.

UST Here I am speaking to people who have not married and to women whose husbands have died. The best thing for these people is to stay unmarried like I do.

BSB § Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.

BLB Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them if they should remain as even I.

AICNT To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.

OEB ¶ My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be good for them to remain as I am myself.

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

NET To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.

LSV And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];

FBV To those who are not yet married, or who are widowed, I would say it is better if they remain like me.

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

T4T Now I want to say this to you unmarried people and to you whose spouses have died: It would be good for you to remain unmarried as I am.

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

BBE But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

MOF No MOF 1COR book available

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

DRA But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.

YLT And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];

DBY But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.

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

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

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

BB I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I.
(I say therefore unto them that be unmaryed and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I.)

GNV Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.
(Therefore I say unto the unmaried, and unto the widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I doe. )

CB To them verely yt are vnmaried and to wedowes I saye: It is good for the that they abyde also as I do.
(To them verily/truly it are unmaried and to wedowes I say: It is good for the that they abide also as I do.)

TNT I saye vnto the vnmaried men and widdowes: it is good for them yf they abyde even as I do.
(I say unto the unmaried men and widdowes: it is good for them if they abide even as I do. )

WYC But Y seie to hem, that ben not weddid, and to widewis, it is good to hem, if thei dwellen so as Y.
(But I say to them, that been not weddid, and to widows, it is good to them, if they dwellen so as Y.)

LUT Ich sage zwar den Ledigen und Witwen: Es ist ihnen gut, wenn sie auch bleiben wie ich.
(I sage zwar the Ledigen and Witwen: It is ihnen gut, when they/she/them also bleiben like ich.)

CLV Dico autem non nuptis, et viduis: bonum est illis si sic permaneant, sicut et ego.
(Dico however not/no nuptis, and viduis: bonum it_is illis when/but_if so permaneant, like and ego. )

UGNT λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις, καλὸν αὐτοῖς ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ.
(legō de tois agamois kai tais ⱪaʸrais, kalon autois ean meinōsin hōs kagō.)

SBL-GNT Λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις, καλὸν ⸀αὐτοῖς ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ·
(Legō de tois agamois kai tais ⱪaʸrais, kalon ⸀autois ean meinōsin hōs kagō; )

TC-GNT Λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις, καλὸν αὐτοῖς [fn]ἐστιν ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ.
(Legō de tois agamois kai tais ⱪaʸrais, kalon autois estin ean meinōsin hōs kagō.)

7:8 εστιν ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

τοῖς ἀγάμοις

˱to˲_the unmarried

Here, unmarried could refer to: (1) people who are not currently married, whether they never have been married or are no longer married. Alternate translation: “to those without spouses” (2) men whose wives have died, which pairs well with widows. Alternate translation: “to the widowers”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τοῖς ἀγάμοις

˱to˲_the unmarried

Paul is using the adjective unmarried as a noun in order to describe a group of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate unmarried with a noun phrase or a relative clause. Alternate translation: “to those who are unmarried”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

ταῖς χήραις

˱to˲_the widows

Here, widows refers specifically to women whose husbands have died. It does not refer to men whose wives have died. Alternate translation: “to women who are widowed”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

ἐὰν

¬if

Here Paul uses if to introduce a true possibility. He means that people might remain as Paul is or they might not. He specifies that it is good if they do remain. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this form by stating the if statement by using a relative clause. Alternate translation: “whenever”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ

˱they˲_/may/_remain as also_I

Just as in 7:7, Paul again assumes that his readers know that he is unmarried. When Paul says that it is good for the unmarried and the widows to remain as I also am, he is referring to how he is unmarried. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate remain as I also am by including the fact that Paul is not married. Alternate translation: “remain without a spouse, as I also am”

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