1 Corinthians 7:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.”
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“Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 7:1 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 20:6Then 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.
- Ruth 2:9Let 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.”
- Proverbs 6:29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
- Matthew 19:10His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
- 1 Corinthians 7:8Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
- 1 Corinthians 7:26Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
- 1 Corinthians 7:37But 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.
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