And concerning the matters you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:8 - The Scriptures 2009 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But to the unmarried people and to the widows, I declare that it is well (good, advantageous, expedient, and wholesome) for them to remain [single] even as I do. American Standard Version (1901) But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Common English Bible I’m telling those who are single and widows that it’s good for them to stay single like me. Catholic Public Domain Version But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I. |
And concerning the matters you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
And I wish you to be without concern. He who is unmarried is concerned about the matters of the Master – how to please the Master.
For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from Elohim, one in this way and another in that.
Do we not have a right to take along a sister – a wife – as do also the other emissaries, and the brothers of the Master, and Kĕpha?