1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
KJV
Περὶ δὲ ὧν ἐγράψατε, καλὸν ἀνθρώπῳ γυναικὸς μὴ ἅπτεσθαι·
Greek NT
De quibus autem scripsistis mihi : Bonum est homini mulierem non tangere :
Vulgate
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
ASV
Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καλός
kalos
adjective · 100×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἅπτομαι
aptomai
verb · 35×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ἐγράψατε | WH/NIV: ἐγράψατε | Treg/RP: + μοι
- ἐγράψατε — SBLGNT
- ἐγράψατε — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + μοι — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Now mark again, how he proceeds by means of the bare terms, conducting his accusation in the names of the harlot and of Christ. 1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee fornication. He said not, abstain from fornication, but Flee: that is, with all zeal make to yourselves deliverance from that evil. Every sin that a man does is without the body; but he that commits fornication sins against h…
Flee evil arts; but all the more discourse in public regarding them. Speak to my sisters, that they love the Lord, and be satisfied with their husbands both in the flesh and spirit. In like manner also, exhort my brethren, in the name of Jesus Christ, that they love their wives, even as the Lord the Church.
He advances to puberty, and indeed to the early part of the sixteenth year of his age, in which, having abandoned his studies, he indulged in lustful pleasures, and, with his companions, committed theft. Chapter 1. He Deplores the Wickedness of His Youth. 1. I Will now call to mind my past foulness, and the carnal corruptions of my soul, not because I love them, but that I may …
Q. What does the seventh commandment teach us? A. That God condemns all unchastity. We should therefore thoroughly detest it and, married or single, live decent and chaste lives.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 7:8 — I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
- 1Cor 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.
- 1Cor 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.
- 1Cor 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.
- 1Cor 7:38 — So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
- 1Cor 7:40 — But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
- Gen 20:6 — And 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.
- Matt 19:10 — His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
- Prov 6:29 — So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
- Prov 6:29 — So 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