KJV King James Version
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.
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1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
WEB World English Bible
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
ASV American Standard Version
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good it is for a man not to touch a woman,
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 7
1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
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.
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1 Corinthians 7:8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.1 Corinthians 7:26-27I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, [I say], that [it is] good for a man so to be.Matthew 19:10-11His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.1 Corinthians 7:37-38Nevertheless 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.Genesis 20:6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.Proverbs 6:29So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.Ruth 2:9[Let] thine eyes [be] on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of [that] which the young men have drawn.
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