Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:40 - 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. 更多版本King 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. 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. English Standard Version 2016 Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God. |
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Furthermore, I am saying this for your own benefit, not in order to cast a snare over you, but toward whatever is honest and whatever may provide you with the ability to be without hindrance, so as to worship the Lord.
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.
I have become foolish; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you. For I have been nothing less than those who claim to be above the measure of Apostles, even though I am nothing.
Do you seek evidence that it is Christ who speaks in me, who is not weak with you, but is powerful with you?
And about this, I give my counsel. For this is useful to those of you who, only a year earlier, had just begun to act, or even to be willing to act.
And so, whoever despises these teachings, does not despise man, but God, who has even provided his Holy Spirit within us.