Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is well for a man not to touch a woman.”
1 Corinthians 7:40 - New Revised Standard Version But in my judgment she is more blessed if she remains as she is. And I think that I too 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 matters about which you wrote: “It is well for a man not to touch a woman.”
I say this for your own benefit, not to put any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord.
To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain unmarried as I am.
I have been a fool! You forced me to it. Indeed you should have been the ones commending me, for I am not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
since you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful in you.
And in this matter I am giving my advice: it is appropriate for you who began last year not only to do something but even to desire to do something—
Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.