1 Corinthians 7:1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And concerning the matters 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.”

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.

1 Corinthians 7:1 Cross References

Genesis 20:6

And Elohim said to him in a dream, “Yea, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart, and so I kept you from sinning against Me. For this reason I did not let you touch her.

Proverbs 6:29

So is he who goes in to his neighbour’s wife; None who touches her goes unpunished.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of whoring, let each one have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:8

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am,

Ruth 2:9

“Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and you shall go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.”