1 Corinthians 7:1 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹ I now want to reply to the matters you people wrote me about. It is [a] good [idea] for a man not to get married. [Note: The words “to get married” here are “to touch” in the Greek and probably refer to sexual relations within marriage. This advice, not a prohibition, is further explained in verses 26-35].

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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.”

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.

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

1 Corinthians 7:2

But, because of so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:8

Now to those people who are not married [Note: This probably refers to all unmarried people, and not just to widowers, as some think], or who are widows, I say it is [a] good [idea] for them to remain like me [i.e., single. See verse 7 and 9:5].