1 Corinthians 7:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. The unmarried and widows - It is supposed that the apostle speaks here of men who had been married, in the word αγαμοι, but were now widowers; as he does of women who had been married, in the word χηραι, but were now widows. And when he says ὡς καγω, even as I, he means that he himself was a widower; for several of the ancients rank Paul among the married apostles.