What does 1 Corinthians 7:8 mean?

1 Corinthians 7:8 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply 1 Corinthians 7:8 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

7For 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.

8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

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