1Now[G1161]concerning[G4012] the things whereof[G3739] ye wrote[G1125] unto me[G3427]: It is good[G2570] for a man[G444]not[G3361] to touch[G680] a woman[G1135].
2Nevertheless[G1223], to avoid fornication[G4202], let[G2192] every man[G1538]have[G2192] his own[G1438]wife[G1135], and[G2532]let[G2192] every woman[G1538]have[G2192] her own[G2398]husband[G435].
3Let[G591] the husband[G435]render[G591] unto the wife[G1135]due[G3784]benevolence[G2133]: and[G1161]likewise[G3668]also[G2532] the wife[G1135] unto the husband[G435].
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The wife[G1135]hath[G1850]not[G3756]power[G1850] of her own[G2398]body[G4983], but[G235] the husband[G435]: and[G1161]likewise[G3668]also[G2532] the husband[G435]hath[G1850]not[G3756]power[G1850] of his own[G2398]body[G4983], but[G235] the wife[G1135].
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Defraud ye[G650]not[G3361] one the other[G240], except[G1509] it be[G5100]with[G1537]consent[G4859]for[G4314] a time[G2540], that[G2443]ye[G650] may give yourselves[G4980] to fasting[G3521]and[G2532]prayer[G4335]; and[G2532]come[G4905]together[G1909]again[G3825], that[G3363]Satan[G4567]tempt[G3985]you[G5209]not[G3363]for[G1223]your[G5216]incontinency[G192].
6But[G1161] I speak[G3004]this[G5124]by[G2596]permission[G4774], and not[G3756]of[G2596]commandment[G2003].
7For[G1063] I would[G2309]that[G3779]all[G3956]men[G444]were[G1511]even[G2532]as[G5613] I myself[G1683]. But[G235] every man[G1538]hath[G2192] his proper[G2398]gift[G5486]of[G1537]God[G2316], one[G3739] after this manner[G3779], and[G1161]another[G3739] after that[G3779].
8I[G2504]say[G3004]therefore[G1161] to the unmarried[G22]and[G2532]widows[G5503], It is[G2076]good[G2570] for them[G846]if[G1437] they abide[G3306]even[G2504]as[G5613]I[G2504].
9But[G1161]if[G1487]they[G1467]cannot[G3756]contain[G1467], let them marry[G1060]: for[G1063] it is[G2076]better[G2909] to marry[G1060]than[G2228] to burn[G4448].
10And[G1161] unto the married[G1060]I[G1473]command[G3853], yet not[G3756]I[G1473], but[G235] the Lord[G2962], Let[G5563]not[G3361] the wife[G1135]depart[G5563]from[G575] her husband[G435]:
11But[G1161]and[G2532]if[G1437] she depart[G5563], let[G863] her remain[G3306]unmarried[G22], or[G2228] be reconciled[G2644] to her husband[G435]: and[G2532]let[G863]not[G3361] the husband[G435] put away[G863] his wife[G1135].
12But[G1161] to the rest[G3062]speak[G3004]I[G1473], not[G3756] the Lord[G2962]: If any[G1536]brother[G80]hath[G2192] a wife[G1135] that believeth not[G571], and[G2532]she[G846] be pleased[G4909] to dwell[G3611]with[G3326]him[G846], let him[G863]not[G3361]put[G863]her[G846]away[G863].
13And[G2532] the woman[G1135]which[G3748]hath[G2192] an husband[G435] that believeth not[G571], and[G2532] if he[G846] be pleased[G4909] to dwell[G3611]with[G3326]her[G846], let her[G863]not[G3361]leave[G863]him[G846].
14For[G1063] the unbelieving[G571]husband[G435] is sanctified[G37]by[G1722] the wife[G1135], and[G2532] the unbelieving[G571]wife[G1135] is sanctified[G37]by[G1722] the husband[G435]: else[G686]were[G2076]your[G5216]children[G5043]unclean[G169]; but[G1161]now[G3568] are they[G2076]holy[G40].
15But[G1161]if[G1487] the unbelieving[G571]depart[G5563], let him depart[G5563]. A brother[G80]or[G2228] a sister[G79]is[G1402]not[G3756] under bondage[G1402]in[G1722]such[G5108] cases: but[G1161]God[G2316] hath called[G2564]us[G2248]to[G1722]peace[G1515].
16For[G1063]what[G5101] knowest thou[G1492], O wife[G1135], whether[G1487]thou[G1492] shalt save[G4982] thy husband?[G435]or[G2228]how[G5101] knowest thou[G1492], O man[G435], whether[G1487]thou[G1492] shalt save[G4982] thy wife?[G1135]
17But[G1508]as[G5613]God[G2316] hath distributed[G3307] to every man[G1538], as[G5613] the Lord[G2962] hath called[G2564] every one[G1538], so[G3779] let him walk[G4043]. And[G2532]so[G3779] ordain I[G1299]in[G1722]all[G3956]churches[G1577].
18Is[G2564]any[G5100]man[G5100]called[G2564] being circumcised?[G4059] let him[G1986]not[G3361] become uncircumcised[G1986]. Is[G2564]any[G5100]called[G2564]in[G1722]uncircumcision?[G203] let him[G4059]not[G3361] be circumcised[G4059].
19Circumcision[G4061]is[G2076]nothing[G3762], and[G2532]uncircumcision[G203]is[G2076]nothing[G3762], but[G235] the keeping[G5084] of the commandments[G1785] of God[G2316].
20Let[G3306] every man[G1538]abide[G3306]in[G1722] the same[G5026]calling[G2821]wherein[G1722] he was called[G2564].
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Art thou called[G2564] being a servant?[G1401]care[G3199]not[G3361] for it[G3199]: but[G235]if[G1499] thou mayest[G1410] be made[G1096]free[G1658], use[G5530]it[G3199]rather[G3123].
22For[G1063] he that is[G2076]called[G2564]in[G1722] the Lord[G2962], being a servant[G1401], is[G2076] the Lord[G2962]'s freeman[G558]: likewise[G3668]also[G2532] he that is[G2076]called[G2564], being free[G1658], is[G2076] Christ's servant[G1401].
23Ye[G1096] are bought[G59] with a price[G5092]; be[G1096]not[G3361]ye[G1096] the servants[G1401] of men[G444].
24Brethren[G80], let[G3306] every man[G1538], wherein[G1722] he is called[G2564], therein[G1722]abide[G3306]with[G3844]God[G2316].
25Now[G1161]concerning[G4012]virgins[G3933] I have[G2192]no[G3756]commandment[G2003]of[G5259] the Lord[G2962]: yet[G1161] I give[G1325] my judgment[G1106], as[G5613] one that hath obtained mercy[G1653]of[G5259] the Lord[G2962] to be[G1511]faithful[G4103].
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I suppose[G3543]therefore[G3767]that[G3754]this[G5124]is[G5225]good[G2570]for[G1223] the present[G1764]distress[G318], I say, that[G3754] it is[G5225]good[G2570]for[G1223] a man[G444]so[G3779] to be[G1511].
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Art thou bound[G1210] unto a wife?[G1135]seek[G2212]not[G3361] to be loosed[G3080]. Art thou loosed[G3089]from[G575] a wife?[G1135]seek[G2212]not[G3361] a wife[G1135].
28But[G1161]and[G2532]if[G1437] thou marry[G1060], thou hast[G264]not[G3756]sinned[G264]; and[G2532]if[G1437] a virgin[G3933]marry[G1060], she hath[G264]not[G3756]sinned[G264]. Nevertheless[G1161]such[G5108] shall have[G2192]trouble[G2347] in the flesh[G4561]: but[G1161]I[G1473]spare[G5339]you[G5216].
29But[G1161]this[G5124] I say[G5346], brethren[G80], the time[G2540] is short[G4958]: it remaineth[G2076], that[G2443]both[G2532] they that[G2443]have[G2192]wives[G1135]be[G5600] as though[G5613] they had[G2192]none[G3361];
30And[G2532] they that weep[G2799], as[G5613] though they wept[G2799]not[G3361]; and[G2532] they that rejoice[G5463], as[G5613] though they rejoiced[G5463]not[G3361]; and[G2532] they that buy[G59], as[G5613] though they possessed[G2722]not[G3361];
31And[G2532] they that use[G5530]this[G5127]world[G2889], as[G5613]not[G3361]abusing[G2710] it: for[G1063] the fashion[G4976] of this[G5129]world[G2889] passeth away[G3855].
32But[G1161] I would have[G1511]you[G5209] without carefulness[G275]. He that is unmarried[G22]careth[G3309] for the things that belong to[G3588] the Lord[G2962], how[G4459] he may please[G700] the Lord[G2962]:
33But[G1161] he that is married[G1060]careth[G3309] for the things that are[G3588] of the world[G2889], how[G4459] he may please[G700] his wife[G1135].
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There is difference also between[G3307] a wife[G1135]and[G2532] a virgin[G3933]. The unmarried woman[G22]careth[G3309]for[G3309] the things[G3588] of the Lord[G2962], that[G2443] she may be[G5600]holy[G40]both[G2532] in body[G4983]and[G2532] in spirit[G4151]: but[G1161] she that[G2443] is married[G1060]careth[G3309]for[G3309] the things[G3588] of the world[G2889], how[G4459] she may please[G700] her husband[G435].
35And[G1161]this[G5124] I speak[G3004]for[G4314]your[G5216]own[G846]profit[G4851]; not[G3756]that[G2443] I may cast[G1911] a snare[G1029]upon[G2145]you[G5213], but[G235]for[G4314]that[G2443]which[G4314] is comely[G2158], and[G2532]that[G2443] ye may attend upon[G2145] the Lord[G2962] without distraction[G563].
36But[G1161]if[G1437] any man[G1536]think[G3543] that he behaveth himself uncomely[G807]toward[G1909]his[G846]virgin[G3933], if[G1437] she pass the flower of her age[G5230], and[G2532]need[G3784]so[G3779]require[G1096], let him do[G4160]what[G3739] he will[G2309], he sinneth[G264]not[G3756]: let them marry[G1060].
37Nevertheless[G1161]he[G3739] that standeth[G2476]stedfast[G1476]in[G1722]his[G846]heart[G2588], having[G2192]no[G3361]necessity[G318], but[G1161]hath[G2192]power[G1849]over[G4012]his[G1438]own[G2398]will[G2307], and[G2532]hath[G2919]so[G5124]decreed[G2919]in[G1722]his[G1438]heart[G2588] that he[G3739]will[G2307]keep[G5083]his[G1438]virgin[G3933], doeth[G4160]well[G2573].
38So[G5620]then[G2532] he that giveth her[G1547] in marriage[G1547]doeth[G4160]well[G2573]; but[G1161] he that giveth her[G1547]not[G3361] in marriage[G1547]doeth[G4160]better[G2908].
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The wife[G1135]is[G2076]bound[G1210] by the law[G3551]as[G3745]long[G5550]as[G3745]her[G846]husband[G435]liveth[G2198]; but[G1161]if[G1437]her[G846]husband[G435] be dead[G2837], she is[G2076] at liberty[G1658] to be married[G1060] to whom[G3739] she will[G2309]; only[G3440]in[G1722] the Lord[G2962].
40But[G1161]she[G3306]is[G2076]happier[G3107]if[G1437]she[G3306]so[G3779]abide[G3306], after[G2596]my[G1699]judgment[G1106]: and[G1161] I think[G1380]also[G2504] that I have[G2192] the Spirit[G4151] of God[G2316].