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The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians 7

7 Now concerning what you wrote: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.” 2 But because of immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband give to the wife the duty and likewise the wife also to the husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise, the husband also does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a season, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then be together again, so that Satan might not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

6 But I say this as a concession, not as a command. 7 But I wish for all men to be even as myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one indeed this way, and another that way. 8 Now to the unmarried and to the widows I say that it is good if they remain as I also am. 9 But if they do not have self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn. 10 Now to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—a wife is not to be separated from her husband 11 (but even if she might be separated, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled to the husband), and a husband is not to divorce a wife. 12 But to the rest I say—I, not the Lord—if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she agrees to live with him, let him not divorce her. 13 And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he agrees to live with her, let her not divorce the husband. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through the brother. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. 15 But if the unbeliever departs, let him go. In such cases, the brother or the sister is not bound, but God has called us to peace. 16 For how do you know, woman, whether you will save the husband? Or how do you know, man, whether you will save the wife? 17 However, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each one, thus let him walk. And in this way I direct in all the churches. 18 Was anyone called, having been circumcised? Let him not be uncircumcised. Was anyone called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but observance of the commandments of God. 20 Each one, in the calling in which he was called, let him remain in that. 21 Were you called as a slave? Let it not be a concern to you. But if indeed you are able to become free, then take advantage of it. 22 For the one having been called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise, the one having been called as a freeman is a slave of Christ. 23 You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. 24 Brothers, each one in that which he was called, let him remain with God in this.

25 Now concerning the virgins, I do not have a command of the Lord. However, I give an opinion as having received mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy. 26 Therefore, I think this is good, because of the coming distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But if indeed you would marry, you have not sinned; and if the virgin would marry, she has not sinned. But the ones of such kind will have distress in the flesh, and I want to spare you from this. 29 But this I say, brothers: The time is shortened, so that from now on, even the ones having wives should be as having none; 30 and the ones weeping, as not weeping; and the ones rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and the ones buying, as not possessing; 31 and the ones using the world, as not using it; for the present form of this world is passing away. 32 But I would like you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he might please the Lord. 33 But the married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please the wife, and he is divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin 34 is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she might be holy both in the body and in the spirit. But the one having been married is concerned about the things of the world, how she might please the husband. 35 Now I say this for your own benefit, not in order to put any constraint on you, but toward what is appropriate and devoted to the Lord without any distraction. 36 But if anyone thinks he is acting improperly toward his virgin—if she is beyond the age of marriage and it must be so—he should do what he wants. He is not sinning; let them marry. 37 But he who stands firm in his heart, not under compulsion, but having authority over his own will, and he has decided this in his own heart—to keep his own virgin—he will do well. 38 So then, the one marrying his own virgin does well, and the one not marrying will do even better. 39 A wife is bound for as long as her husband lives. But if the husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, but only in the Lord. 40 Yet according to my judgment she would be happier if she would remain as she is. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

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