Then God said to him in the dream, ‘Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience. I have also kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I have not let you touch her.
1 Corinthians 7:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now in response to the matters you wrote about: ‘It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Common English Bible Now, about what you wrote: “It’s good for a man not to have sex with a woman.” Catholic Public Domain Version Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version NOW concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. |
Then God said to him in the dream, ‘Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience. I have also kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I have not let you touch her.
So it is with the one who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
But because sexual immorality is so common, , each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman should have sexual relations with her own husband.
I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am.
See which field they are harvesting, and follow them. Haven’t I ordered the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.’