Now concerning the things of which you wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:8 - King James 2000 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But to the unmarried people and to the widows, I declare that it is well (good, advantageous, expedient, and wholesome) for them to remain [single] even as I do. American Standard Version (1901) But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Common English Bible I’m telling those who are single and widows that it’s good for them to stay single like me. Catholic Public Domain Version But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I. |
Now concerning the things of which you wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
But I would have you without concern. He that is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man has his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Have we not the right to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?