Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
concerning the things of
which
ye wrote to
me: good
`
it is '
for a man not to touch a woman ,
Now
concerning the things whereof
ye wrote unto
me: It is good
for a man not to touch a woman .
and
because
of
the
whoredom
let each
man have his own wife, and let each
woman have her proper
husband ;
Nevertheless,
to
avoid
fornication,
let every
man have his own wife, and let every
woman have her own
husband .
to
the
wife
let the husband the due benevolence render,
and in
like
manner
also the wife to
the husband ;
Let the husband render
unto
the wife
due benevolence :
and likewise
also the wife unto
the husband .
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.
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.
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;
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.
and
this
I say
by way
of
concurrence
--
not of command,
But
I speak
this
by permission,
and
not of commandment.
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
.
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
.
And
I say to the unmarried and to
the
widows :
it is good for them if they may
remain
even as I `am';
I say therefore
to the unmarried and widows ,
It is good for them if they abide
even as I .
and
if they have
not
continence
--
let them marry ,
for it is better to marry than to burn ;
But
if they cannot
contain,
let them marry :
for it is better to marry than to burn .
and to
the married I announce
--
not I, but the Lord --
let not a
wife separate
from a
husband:
And unto
the married I command,
yet
not I, but the Lord ,
Let not the
wife depart
from her
husband:
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.
But and if she depart
, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to
her
husband:
and let not the
husband put
away his
wife.
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 ;
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 a
woman who
hath a
husband unbelieving
, and he is
pleased to dwell with her, let her not send
him away;
And the
woman which
hath an
husband that
believeth
not
, and if
he be
pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave
him .
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.
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.
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 ;
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.
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?
For what knowest
thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy
husband
? or how
knowest
thou, O man
, whether thou shalt save thy
wife
?
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:
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.
being
circumcised
--
was
any one
called? let him not become uncircumcised ;
in
uncircumcision
was
any one
called? let him not be circumcised ;
Is
any man
called being
circumcised
? let him not become uncircumcised .
Is
any called in
uncircumcision
? let him not be circumcised .
the
circumcision is nothing, and the
uncircumcision is nothing --
but a
keeping of the commands
of God.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing ,
but the
keeping of the commandments
of God.
Each
in the calling in
which
he was called --
in
this
let
him
remain;
Let
every
man
abide
in the same
calling wherein
he was called .
a
servant
--
wast
thou called? be
not anxious;
but if also
thou art
able
to
become
free --
use `
it '
rather ;
Art
thou called being
a
servant
? care
not for
it:
but if thou mayest
be
made
free ,
use it rather .
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:
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 .
with a price ye
were
bought,
become
not servants of men ;
Ye
are
bought
with a price ;
be
not ye
the
servants of men .
each
, in
that
in
which
he was
called, brethren,
in
this
let
him
remain
with God.
Brethren
, let
every
man,
wherein
he is
called, therein
abide
with God.
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 :
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 .
I suppose ,
therefore ,
this to
be
good because
of
the present necessity
, that `
it is '
good for a man that
the
matter
be thus:
--
I suppose therefore that
this is
good for
the present distress
, I
say,
that it is good for a man so
to
be .
Hast
thou been
bound to
a wife? seek not to be loosed ;
hast
thou been
loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Art
thou bound unto
a wife? seek not to be loosed .
Art
thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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.
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.
And
this I say, brethren, the time henceforth
is having
been
shortened
--
that both those
having
wives may
be as not
having
;
But
this I say, brethren, the time is short:
it
remaineth,
that both they
that
have
wives be as though
they
had
none
;
and those
weeping
, as not weeping
; and those
rejoicing
, as not rejoicing
; and those
buying
, as not possessing
;
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
using
this world, as not using
`
it '
up;
for passing
away
is
the fashion of this world.
And they
that
use
this world, as not abusing
it :
for the fashion of this world passeth
away
.
And
I wish
you to
be
without anxiety;
the
unmarried
is anxious
for the things of
the Lord, how he shall
please the Lord ;
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
the
married
is anxious
for the things of the world, how he shall
please the
wife.
But
he
that
is married
careth
for the things that
are
of the world, how he may
please his
wife.
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.
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.
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,
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
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.
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
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 ;
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 .
so that
both
he who
is
giving
in marriage doth
well ,
and
he who
is
not giving
in marriage doth
better.
So then
he that
giveth
her
in marriage doeth
well ;
but
he that
giveth
her
not in marriage doeth
better.
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 ;
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 .
and
she is happier if she may
so remain
--
according
to
my judgment ;
and I think I
also have the Spirit of God.
But
she is happier if she so abide,
after
my judgment :
and I think also that
I
have the Spirit of God.
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