1 Corinthians 7:1

The English Standar Version

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."

Cross References

Genesis 20:6

Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and 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 goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of the temptation to 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 single as I am.

Ruth 2:9

Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn."