1 Now concerning the [things] of which you⁺ wrote: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman. VP
2 But because of the sexual immorality, let each man have his [own] wife, and let each woman have [her] own husband. VP
3 To the wife let the husband render the duty, and likewise also the wife to the husband. VP
4 The wife does not have authority over [her] own body, but the husband; and likewise also, the husband does not have authority over [his] own body, but the wife. VP
5 Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement for a time, so that you⁺ might be at leisure for prayer, and may be together the same again, so that Satan may not tempt you⁺ through your⁺ lack of self-control. VP
6 Now I say this by way of concession, not by way of command. VP
7 Yet I wish all men to be even like myself. But each has his own gift from God; indeed the [one] thus, but the [one] thus. VP
8 Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows: [It is] good for them if they should remain as even I [am]. VP
9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn. VP
10 Now to those having married I command (not I, but the Lord): A wife is not to be separated from a husband. VP
11 But if indeed she might be separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to the husband; and a husband is not to send away a wife. VP
12 Now to the rest I say (I, not the Lord): If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to dwell with him, let him not send her away. VP
13 And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not send away the husband. VP
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother. Otherwise, then, your⁺ children are unclean; but now they are holy. VP
15 But if the unbeliever separates himself, let him separate himself. The brother or the sister is not bound in such [cases]. But God has called you⁺ in peace. VP
16 For how do you know, wife, if you will save the husband? Or how do you know, husband, if you will save the wife? VP
17 Nevertheless, as the Lord apportioned to each, as God has called each, thus let him walk. And thus I direct in all the churches. VP
18 Having been circumcised, was anyone called? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised. VP
19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing—but a keeping of [the] commandments of God. VP
20 Each in the calling in which he has been called—in this let him remain. VP
21 Were you called [while] a slave? Let it not be a care to you; but if also you have power to become free, rather use [it]. VP
22 For the [one] having been called in [the] Lord [while] a slave is [the] Lord’s freedman; likewise the [one] having been called [while] free is a slave of Christ. VP
23 You⁺ were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. VP
24 Each in that in which he was called, brothers—in this let him remain with God. VP
25 Now concerning the virgins, I do not have a commandment of [the] Lord, but I give judgment as [one] having received mercy from [the] Lord to be trustworthy. VP
26 Therefore I think this is good, because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to be thus. VP
27 Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife. VP
28 But if also you shall have married, you did not sin; and if the virgin shall have married, she did not sin. But such will have tribulation in the flesh, and I am sparing you⁺. VP
29 Now I say this, brothers: The time is shortened—so that from now on both those having wives should be as not having, VP
30 and those weeping as not weeping, and those rejoicing as not rejoicing, and those buying as not possessing, VP
31 and those using the world as not using [it] up. For the form of this world is passing away. VP
32 But I want you⁺ to be without concern. The unmarried man is concerned for the [things] of the Lord, how he should please the Lord; VP
33 but the [one] being married is concerned for the [things] of the world, how he should please the wife, VP
34 and is divided. And the unmarried woman and virgin is concerned for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit; but the [one] being married is concerned for the things of the world, how she should please the husband. VP
35 Now I say this for your⁺ own profit, not so that I might place upon you⁺ a restraint, but for what [is] seemly and devoted to the Lord, without distraction. VP
36 But if anyone supposes to behave improperly to his virgin, if she is beyond youth, and it ought to be so, let him do what he wills; he does not sin; let them marry. VP
37 But he who has stood steadfast in his heart—not having necessity but having authority over [his] own will—and [who] has judged this in [his] own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well. VP
38 So then also, the [one] marrying [his] own virgin does well, and the [one] not marrying will do better. VP
39 A wife has been bound for as long a time [as] her husband may live; but if the husband shall have died, she is free to be married to whom she wants, only in [the] Lord. VP
40 But she is more blessed if she should remain in the same manner, according to my judgment; and I think myself also to have [the] Spirit of God. VP