Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1 - English Majority Text Version Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Common English Bible Now, about what you wrote: “It’s good for a man not to have sex with a woman.” Catholic Public Domain Version 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 NOW concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. |
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they should remain as I also remain;