Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:8 - English Majority Text Version But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they should remain as I also remain; Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But to the unmarried people and to the widows, I declare that it is well (good, advantageous, expedient, and wholesome) for them to remain [single] even as I do. American Standard Version (1901) But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Common English Bible I’m telling those who are single and widows that it’s good for them to stay single like me. Catholic Public Domain Version But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I. |
Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
But I want you to be without anxiety. The unmarried man cares about the things of the Lord--about how he may please the Lord.
For I wish that all men would be as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that.
Do we have no right to take along a wife who is a sister, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?