Now concerning
the things whereof
ye wrote
unto me
: It is good
for a man
not
to touch
a woman
.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication
, let
every man
have
his own
wife
, and
let
every woman
have
her own
husband
.
Let the husband
render
unto the wife
due
benevolence
: and
likewise
also
the wife
unto the husband
.
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 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
.
But I speak
this
by
permission
, and not
of
commandment
.
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
.
I say therefore
to the unmarried
and
widows
, It is
good
for them
if
they abide
even
as
I
.
But if
they
cannot
contain
, let them marry
: for
it is
better
to marry
than
to burn
.
And unto the married
I command
, yet not
I
, but
the Lord
, Let
not
the wife
depart
from
her husband
:
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 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 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
is sanctified
by
the wife
, and
the unbelieving
wife
is sanctified
by
the husband
: else
were
your
children
unclean
; but
now
are they
holy
.
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
knowest thou
, O wife
, whether
thou shalt save
thy husband
? or
how
knowest thou
, O man
, whether
thou shalt save
thy wife
?
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
.
Is any man
called
being circumcised
? let him
not
become uncircumcised
. Is
any
called
in
uncircumcision
? let him
not
be circumcised
.
Circumcision is
nothing
, and
uncircumcision
is
nothing
, but
the keeping
of the commandments
of God
.
Let every man
abide
in
the same
calling
wherein
he was called
.
Art thou called being a servant
? care
not
for it
: but
if
thou mayest
be made
free
, use
it rather
.
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
.
Ye are bought with a price
; be
not
ye
the servants
of men
.
Brethren, let
every man
, wherein
he is called
, therein
abide
with
God
.
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
that this
is
good
for
the present
distress
, I say , that
it is good
for a man
so
to be
.
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 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 this
I say
, brethren
, the time
is short
: it remaineth
, that
both
they that have
wives
be
as though
they had
none
;
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 they that use
this
world
, as
not
abusing
it : for
the fashion
of this
world
passeth away
.
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
:
But he that is married
careth
for the things that are
of the world
, how
he may please
his wife
.
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
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
.
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
.
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 then
he that giveth her in marriage
doeth
well
; but
he that giveth her
not
in marriage
doeth
better
.
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
.
But she is
happier
if
she
so
abide
, after
my
judgment
: and
I think
also
that I have
the Spirit
of God
.