1 Corinthians 7:1

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:8

I say to the unmarried and widows that it is good for them if they live even as I am.

Genesis 20:6

And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart, for I also kept you from sinning against Me. Therefore, I did not let you touch her.

Proverbs 6:29

So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; whoever touches her will not be innocent.

Ruth 2:9

Keep your eyes on the field in which they reap and follow after them. I have commanded the men not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.”

1 Corinthians 7:2

Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.