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.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:6

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.

Proverbs 6:29

So is he who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

1 Corinthians 7:2

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

1 Corinthians 7:8

To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain unmarried as I am.

Ruth 2:9

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.”