◄ 1 Corinthians 7:1 ►
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Good News Translation
Now, to deal with the matters you wrote about. A man does well not to marry.

New Revised Standard Version
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is well for a man not to touch a woman.”

Contemporary English Version
Now I will answer the questions you asked in your letter. You asked, "Is it best for people not to marry?"

New American Bible
Now in regard to the matters about which you wrote: “It is a good thing for a man not to touch a woman,”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

good.

1 Corinthians 7:8,26,27,37,38 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I. . . .

Matthew 19:10,11 His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry. . . .

touch.

Genesis 20:6 And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered thee not to touch her.

Ruth 2:9 And follow where they reap. For I have charged my young men, not to molest thee: and if thou art thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of the waters whereof the servants drink.

Proverbs 6:29 The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:

Context
Principles of Marriage
1Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife: and let every woman have her own husband.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:2
But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife: and let every woman have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:8
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.

1 Corinthians 7:26
I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity: that it is good for a man so to be.

1 Corinthians 6:20
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