1 Corinthians 7:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.

Cross References

Genesis 20:6

And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

Proverbs 6:29

So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:8

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

Ruth 2:9

Keep your eyes on the field they are cutting, and go after them; have I not given orders to the young men not to put a hand on you? And when you are in need of drink go to the vessels and take of what the young men have put there.