1 Corinthians 7:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹ Now in response to the matters you wrote  about: ‘It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ 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)

¹ Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Common English Bible

¹ Now, about what you wrote: “It’s good for a man not to have sex with a woman.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ 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

¹ NOW concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:1 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 20:6

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.

Proverbs 6:29

So it is with the one who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

1 Corinthians 7:2

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.

1 Corinthians 7:8

I say to the unmarried  and to widows:  It is good for them if they remain as I am.

Ruth 2:9

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.’