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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation
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| 7:1 |
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. |
And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good `it is' for a man not to touch a woman, |
| 7:2 |
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. |
and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband; |
| 7:3 |
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. |
to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband; |
| 7:4 |
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. |
the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife. |
| 7:5 |
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. |
Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence; |
| 7:6 |
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. |
and this I say by way of concurrence -- not of command, |
| 7:7 |
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. |
for I wish all men to be even as I myself `am'; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus. |
| 7:8 |
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. |
And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I `am'; |
| 7:9 |
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. |
and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn; |
| 7:10 |
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: |
and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband: |
| 7:11 |
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. |
but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife. |
| 7:12 |
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. |
And to the rest I speak -- not the Lord -- if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; |
| 7:13 |
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. |
and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away; |
| 7:14 |
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. |
for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. |
| 7:15 |
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. |
And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself -- let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such `cases', and in peace hath God called us; |
| 7:16 |
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? |
for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save? |
| 7:17 |
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. |
if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each -- so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct: |
| 7:18 |
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. |
being circumcised -- was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised; |
| 7:19 |
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. |
the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing -- but a keeping of the commands of God. |
| 7:20 |
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. |
Each in the calling in which he was called -- in this let him remain; |
| 7:21 |
Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. |
a servant -- wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free -- use `it' rather; |
| 7:22 |
For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. |
for he who `is' in the Lord -- having been called a servant -- is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ: |
| 7:23 |
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. |
with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men; |
| 7:24 |
Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. |
each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God. |
| 7:25 |
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. |
And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful: |
| 7:26 |
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. |
I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that `it is' good for a man that the matter be thus: -- |
| 7:27 |
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. |
Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. |
| 7:28 |
But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. |
But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you. |
| 7:29 |
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; |
And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having; |
| 7:30 |
And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; |
and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing; |
| 7:31 |
And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. |
and those using this world, as not using `it' up; for passing away is the fashion of this world. |
| 7:32 |
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: |
And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; |
| 7:33 |
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. |
and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife. |
| 7:34 |
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. |
The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband. |
| 7:35 |
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. |
And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly, |
| 7:36 |
But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. |
and if any one doth think `it' to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin -- let him marry. |
| 7:37 |
Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. |
And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart -- not having necessity -- and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart -- to keep his own virgin -- doth well; |
| 7:38 |
So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. |
so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better. |
| 7:39 |
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. |
A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will -- only in the Lord; |
| 7:40 |
But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. |
and she is happier if she may so remain -- according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God. |
