1 Corinthians 7:8 KJV

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
1 Corinthians 7:8, King James Version

In context

7 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.

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

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