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1 περι δε ων εγραψατε μοι, καλον ανθρωπω γυναικος μη απτεσθαι·
1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 δια δε τας πορνειας εκαστος την εαυτου γυναικα εχετω, και εκαστη τον ιδιον ανδρα εχετω.
2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3 τη γυναικι ο ανηρ την οφειλομενην ευνοιαν αποδιδοτω, ομοιως δε και η γυνη τω ανδρι.
3 Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
4 η γυνη του ιδιου σωματος ουκ εξουσιαζει, αλλ ο ανηρ· ομοιως δε και ο ανηρ του ιδιου σωματος ουκ εξουσιαζει, αλλ η γυνη.
4 The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5 μη αποστερειτε αλληλους, ει μη τι αν εκ συμφωνου προς καιρον, ινα σχολαζητε τη νηστεια και τη προσευχη και παλιν επι το αυτο συνερχησθε, ινα μη πειραζη υμας ο σατανας δια την ακρασιαν υμων.
5 Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6 τουτο δε λεγω κατα συγγνωμην, ου κατ επιταγην.
6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
7 θελω γαρ παντας ανθρωπους ειναι ως και εμαυτον· αλλ εκαστος ιδιον χαρισμα εχει εκ θεου, ος μεν ουτως, ος δε ουτως.
7 Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
8 λεγω δε τοις αγαμοις και ταις χηραις, καλον αυτοις εστιν εαν μεινωσιν ως καγω.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
9 ει δε ουκ εγκρατευονται, γαμησατωσαν· κρεισσον γαρ εστιν γαμησαι η πυρουσθαι.
9 But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 τοις δε γεγαμηκοσιν παραγγελλω, ουκ εγω, αλλ ο κυριος, γυναικα απο ανδρος μη χωρισθηναι·
10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
11 εαν δε και χωρισθη, μενετω αγαμος η τω ανδρι καταλλαγητω· και ανδρα γυναικα μη αφιεναι.
11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
12 τοις δε λοιποις εγω λεγω, ουχ ο κυριος· ει τις αδελφος γυναικα εχει απιστον, και αυτη συνευδοκει οικειν μετ αυτου, μη αφιετω αυτην·
12 But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
13 και γυνη ει τις εχει ανδρα απιστον, και αυτος συνευδοκει οικειν μετ αυτης, μη αφιετω αυτον.
13 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
14 ηγιασται γαρ ο ανηρ ο απιστος εν τη γυναικι, και ηγιασται η γυνη η απιστος εν τω ανδρι· επει αρα τα τεκνα υμων ακαθαρτα εστιν, νυν δε αγια εστιν.
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
15 ει δε ο απιστος χωριζεται, χωριζεσθω. ου δεδουλωται ο αδελφος η η αδελφη εν τοις τοιουτοις. εν δε ειρηνη κεκληκεν ημας ο θεος.
15 Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.
16 τι γαρ οιδας, γυναι, ει τον ανδρα σωσεις; η τι οιδας, ανερ, ει την γυναικα σωσεις;
16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 ει μη εκαστω ως εμερισεν ο θεος, εκαστον ως κεκληκεν ο κυριος, ουτως περιπατειτω. και ουτως εν ταις εκκλησιαις πασαις διατασσομαι.
17 Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
18 περιτετμημενος τις εκληθη; μη επισπασθω. εν ακροβυστια τις εκληθη; μη περιτεμνεσθω.
18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
19 η περιτομη ουδεν εστιν, και η ακροβυστια ουδεν εστιν, αλλα τηρησις εντολων θεου.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
20 εκαστος εν τη κλησει η εκληθη, εν ταυτη μενετω.
20 Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
21 δουλος εκληθης; μη σοι μελετω· αλλ ει και δυνασαι ελευθερος γενεσθαι, μαλλον χρησαι.
21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
22 ο γαρ εν κυριω κληθεις δουλος απελευθερος κυριου εστιν· ομοιως και ο ελευθερος κληθεις δουλος εστιν χριστου.
22 For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.
23 τιμης ηγορασθητε· μη γινεσθε δουλοι ανθρωπων.
23 You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
24 εκαστος εν ω εκληθη, αδελφοι, εν τουτω μενετω παρα τω θεω.
24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
25 περι δε των παρθενων επιταγην κυριου ουκ εχω, γνωμην δε διδωμι ως ηλεημενος υπο κυριου πιστος ειναι.
25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
26 νομιζω ουν τουτο καλον υπαρχειν δια την ενεστωσαν αναγκην, οτι καλον ανθρωπω το ουτως ειναι.
26 Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
27 δεδεσαι γυναικι; μη ζητει λυσιν· λελυσαι απο γυναικος; μη ζητει γυναικα·
27 Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
28 εαν δε και γημης, ουχ ημαρτες· και εαν γημη η παρθενος, ουχ ημαρτεν· θλιψιν δε τη σαρκι εξουσιν οι τοιουτοι· εγω δε υμων φειδομαι.
28 But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
29 τουτο δε φημι, αδελφοι, ο καιρος συνεσταλμενος το λοιπον εστιν, ινα και οι εχοντες γυναικας ως μη εχοντες ωσιν,
29 But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
30 και οι κλαιοντες ως μη κλαιοντες, και οι χαιροντες ως μη χαιροντες, και οι αγοραζοντες ως μη κατεχοντες,
30 and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;
31 και οι χρωμενοι τω κοσμω τουτω ως μη καταχρωμενοι· παραγει γαρ το σχημα του κοσμου τουτου.
31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
32 θελω δε υμας αμεριμνους ειναι. ο αγαμος μεριμνα τα του κυριου, πως αρεσει τω κυριω·
32 But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
33 ο δε γαμησας μεριμνα τα του κοσμου, πως αρεσει τη γυναικι.
33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
34 μεμερισται [και] η γυνη και η παρθενος. η αγαμος μεριμνα τα του κυριου, ινα η αγια και σωματι και πνευματι· η δε γαμησασα μεριμνα τα του κοσμου, πως αρεσει τω ανδρι.
34 There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.
35 τουτο δε προς το υμων αυτων συμφερον λεγω, ουχ ινα βροχον υμιν επιβαλω, αλλα προς το ευσχημον και ευπαρεδρον τω κυριω απερισπαστως.
35 This I say for your own benefit, not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
36 ει δε τις ασχημονειν επι την παρθενον αυτου νομιζει, εαν η υπερακμος, και ουτως οφειλει γινεσθαι, ο θελει ποιειτω· ουχ αμαρτανει· γαμειτωσαν.
36 But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.
37 ος δε εστηκεν εδραιος εν τη καρδια, μη εχων αναγκην, εξουσιαν δε εχει περι του ιδιου θεληματος, και τουτο κεκρικεν εν τη καρδια αυτου, του τηρειν την εαυτου παρθενον, καλως ποιει.
37 But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his own heart to keep his own virgin, does well.
38 ωστε και ο εκγαμιζων καλως ποιει, ο δε μη εκγαμιζων κρεισσον ποιει.
38 So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
39 γυνη δεδεται νομω εφ οσον χρονον ζη ο ανηρ αυτης· εαν δε κοιμηθη ο ανηρ αυτης, ελευθερα εστιν ω θελει γαμηθηναι, μονον εν κυριω.
39 A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
40 μακαριωτερα δε εστιν εαν ουτως μεινη, κατα την εμην γνωμην· δοκω δε καγω πνευμα θεου εχειν.
40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
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  1. 1 1 Corinthians 7:8; Matthew 19:10–11; 1 Corinthians 7:26–27; 1 Corinthians 7:37–38; Genesis 20:6
  2. 2 Ephesians 5:28; Ephesians 5:33; 1 Corinthians 7:9; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 5:18–19
  3. 3 1 Peter 3:7; Exodus 21:10
  4. 4 Matthew 19:9; Hosea 3:3; Mark 10:11–12
  5. 5 Exodus 19:15; Joel 2:16; Zechariah 12:12–14; 1 Samuel 21:4–5; Matthew 19:11
  6. 6 2 Corinthians 8:8; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Corinthians 7:12; 2 Corinthians 11:17
  7. 7 Matthew 19:11–12; 1 Corinthians 7:8; Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 9:5; 1 Corinthians 12:4
  8. 8 1 Corinthians 7:32; 1 Corinthians 7:34–35; 1 Corinthians 7:7; 1 Corinthians 7:26–27; 1 Corinthians 7:1
  9. 9 1 Corinthians 7:2; 1 Timothy 5:14; 1 Timothy 5:11; 1 Corinthians 7:28; 1 Corinthians 7:36
  10. 10 Matthew 5:32; Luke 16:18; Malachi 2:14–16; Matthew 19:3–9; Mark 10:11–12
  11. 11 Jeremiah 3:1; 1 Corinthians 7:10; Deuteronomy 22:19; Isaiah 50:1; Judges 19:2–3
  12. 12 1 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 11:17; 1 Corinthians 7:25; Ezra 10:2–3; Ezra 10:11–19
  13. 14 Malachi 2:15–16; 1 Timothy 4:5; Isaiah 52:1; Titus 1:15; Romans 11:16
  14. 15 Romans 14:19; James 3:17–18; 2 Corinthians 13:11; 1 Corinthians 14:33; Matthew 12:50
  15. 16 1 Peter 3:1–2; Romans 11:14; 1 Corinthians 9:22; James 5:19–20; Luke 15:10
  16. 17 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 7:24; Romans 12:3–8; 1 Corinthians 7:20–21; 2 Corinthians 11:28
  17. 18 Acts 15:5; Acts 15:19; Galatians 5:1–3; Colossians 3:11; Acts 15:28
  18. 19 Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:15; 1 John 2:3–4; Romans 2:25–29; 1 John 3:22–24
  19. 20 1 Corinthians 7:17; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; Proverbs 27:8; 2 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Corinthians 7:21–24
  20. 21 1 Peter 2:18–24; Colossians 3:11; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Luke 12:29; Luke 10:40–41
  21. 22 1 Peter 2:16; Philemon 16; Colossians 3:22–24; Galatians 5:13; Romans 6:18–22
  22. 23 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18–19; Titus 2:14; Leviticus 25:42; Revelation 5:9
  23. 24 1 Corinthians 7:20; Colossians 3:23–24; 1 Corinthians 7:17; Genesis 17:1; 1 Corinthians 10:31
  24. 25 1 Corinthians 7:6; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 7:40; 2 Corinthians 8:8–10; 1 Corinthians 7:12
  25. 26 1 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Corinthians 7:8; Luke 23:28–29; 1 Peter 4:17; 1 Corinthians 7:28
  26. 27 1 Corinthians 7:12–14; 1 Corinthians 7:20
  27. 28 Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 7:32–36; 1 Corinthians 7:26; 2 Corinthians 1:23
  28. 29 1 John 2:17; Romans 13:11–12; 1 Corinthians 7:31; James 4:13–16; Hebrews 13:13–14
  29. 30 Ecclesiastes 3:4; John 16:22; Luke 6:21; Psalm 126:5–6; Revelation 7:17
  30. 31 1 John 2:17; 1 Peter 4:7; Luke 21:34; James 4:14; 1 Peter 1:24
  31. 32 Matthew 6:25–34; 1 Timothy 5:5; Philippians 4:6; Psalm 55:22; Matthew 13:22
  32. 33 1 Peter 3:7; Colossians 3:19; 1 Timothy 5:8; Ephesians 5:25–33; Luke 12:22
  33. 34 Luke 10:40–42; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Luke 2:36–37; Romans 12:1–2; Philippians 1:20
  34. 35 1 Corinthians 7:33–34; 1 Corinthians 7:36; Luke 8:14; Philippians 4:8; 1 Corinthians 7:2
  35. 36 1 Corinthians 7:9; 1 Corinthians 7:37
  36. 38 Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 7:1–2; 1 Corinthians 7:37; 1 Corinthians 7:32–34; 1 Corinthians 7:8
  37. 39 Romans 7:2–3; 2 Corinthians 6:14–16; 1 Corinthians 7:10; 1 Corinthians 7:15; Malachi 2:11
  38. 40 1 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Corinthians 7:25–26; 1 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 12:11

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  1. Commentary 7:1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on First Corinthians (Homily XIX)

    Having corrected the three heaviest things laid to their charge, one, the distraction of the Church, another, about the fornicator, a third, about the covetous person, he thenceforth uses a milder sort of speech. And he interposes some exhortation and advice about marriage and virginity, giving the hearers some respite from more unpleasant subjects.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)

  2. Quotes verse 7:31 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Preface)

    And they are also unacquainted with [the meaning of] the passing away of the heaven and earth; but Paul was not ignorant of it when he declared, "For the figure of this world passeth away." In the next place, David explains their question, for he says that when the fashion of this world passes away, not only shall God remain, …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 7:28 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book II)

    For Thy omnipotency is not far from us even when we are far from Thee, else in truth ought I more vigilantly to have given heed to the voice from the clouds: "Nevertheless, such shall have trouble in the flesh, but I spare you;" and, "It is good for a man not to touch a woman;" and, "He that is …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  4. Quotes verse 7:31 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily VII)

    … to the monks also, except marriage; yea rather, even with respect to this, Paul commands us to put ourselves altogether on a level with them; saying, "For the fashion of this world passeth away:" that "they that have wives be as though they had none." "Wherefore" (so he speaks) "I do not bid you take possession of the summits of …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 7:40 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapters XXV–XXVI)

    … should testify of himself "the Spirit of God is in me, and I offer glory after being made wise through the grace that flows from Him." For to a Paul it is becoming to say "I think also that I have the Spirit of God," and again, "that good thing which was committed to thee keep by the Holy Ghost …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)