And concerning the matters you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:40 - The Scriptures 2009 But she is better off if she remains as she is, according to my opinion. And I think I also have the Spirit of Elohim. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But in my opinion [a widow] is happier (more blessed and to be envied) if she does not remarry. And also I think I have the Spirit of God. American Standard Version (1901) But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God. Common English Bible But in my opinion, she will be happier if she stays the way she is. And I think that I have God’s Spirit too. Catholic Public Domain Version But she will be more blessed, if she remains in this state, in accord with my counsel. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel; and I think that I also have the spirit of God. |
And concerning the matters you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
And this I say for your own good, not to put a restraint on you, but for what is proper, and to attend to the Master without distraction.
And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am,
I have become a fool – you have compelled me. For I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I behind the most eminent emissaries, though I am a nobody.
since you are seeking for proof of Messiah speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you.
And in this I give an opinion: It is to your advantage not only to be doing what you began and were desiring to do a year ago,
Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but Elohim, who also gives us His Set-apart Spirit.