1Corinthians:7:8

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rwp @1Corinthians:7:8 @{To the unmarried and to the widows } (\tois agamois kai tais ch ˆrais \). It is possible that by "the unmarried " (masculine plural ) the apostle means only men since widows are added and since virgins receive special treatment later (verse 25 |) and in verse 32 | \ho agamos \ is the unmarried man . It is hardly likely that Paul means only widowers and widows and means to call himself a widower by \h “s kag “\ (even as I ). After discussing marital relations in verses 2-7 | he returns to the original question in verse 1 | and repeats his own personal preference as in verse 7 |. He does not say that it is _better_ to be unmarried , but only that it is _good_ (\kalon \ as in verse 1 |) for them to remain unmarried . \Agamos \ is an old word and in N .T . occurs only in this passage . In verses 11 , 34 | it is used of women where the old Greeks would have used \anandros \, without a husband .

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