1 Corinthians 7:1 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW AS to the matters of which you wrote me. It is well [and by that I mean advantageous, expedient, profitable, and wholesome] for a man not to touch a woman [to cohabit with her] but to remain unmarried.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Common English Bible

¹ Now, about what you wrote: “It’s good for a man not to have sex with a woman.”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ NOW concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:1 Cross References

Genesis 20:6

And God said to him: "And I know that you have acted with a sincere heart. And therefore I kept you from sinning against me, and I did not release you to touch her.

Proverbs 6:29

So also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:8

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.

Ruth 2:9

and follow where they reap. For I given orders to my young men, so that no one is to harass you. And so, whenever you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from the waters that the young men also drink."