Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:40 - Revised Version 1885 But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgement: and I think that I also 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: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.
seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:
And herein I give my judgement: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will.
Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.