1 Corinthians 7:1
Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
2 But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
- KJV
- Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
- WEB
- Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
- ASV
- Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
- DARBY
- But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman;
- BLB
- Now concerning the [things] of which you⁺ wrote: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.
- ÅB
- Men vedkommende det som dere skrev om, da er det godt for et menneske ikke å røre en kvinne;
- OTB
- Når det gjelder det dere skrev om: det er prisverdig for en mann å avstå fra intime relasjoner med en kvinne.
- B1930
- Men vedkommende det som I skrev om, da er det godt for et menneske ikke å røre en kvinne;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 7:8
Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
Read in contextMatthew 19:10–11
His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:26–27
Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:37–38
But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
Read in contextGenesis 20:6
Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
Read in contextProverbs 6:29
So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Read in contextRuth 2:9
Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
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