Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:40 - King James Version - American Edition But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But in my opinion [a widow] is happier (more blessed and to be envied) if she does not remarry. And also I think I have the Spirit of God. American Standard Version (1901) But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God. Common English Bible But in my opinion, she will be happier if she stays the way she is. And I think that I have God’s Spirit too. Catholic Public Domain Version But she will be more blessed, if she remains in this state, in accord with my counsel. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel; and I think that I also have the spirit of God. |
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit.