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1 Corinthians 7:1

MarriagePurity
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

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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)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 7:8

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

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  • Matthew 19:10–11

    His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:26–27

    I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:37–38

    Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

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  • Genesis 20:6

    And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

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  • Proverbs 6:29

    So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

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  • Ruth 2:9

    Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

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