Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; furthermore, it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.
1 Corinthians 7:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Common English Bible Now, about what you wrote: “It’s good for a man not to have sex with a woman.” Catholic Public Domain Version Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version NOW concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. |
Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; furthermore, it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.
So is he who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
But because of cases of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain unmarried as I am.
Keep your eyes on the field that is being reaped and follow behind them. I have ordered the young men not to bother you. If you get thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.”