- 1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.Περὶ δὲ ὧν ⸀ἐγράψατε καλὸν ἀνθρώπῳ γυναικὸς μὴ ἅπτεσθαι
- 2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.διὰ δὲ τὰς πορνείας ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐχέτω καὶ ἑκάστη τὸν ἴδιον ἄνδρα ἐχέτω
- 3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.τῇ γυναικὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ τὴν ⸀ὀφειλὴν ἀποδιδότω ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ τῷ ἀνδρί
- 4The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ ἰδίου σώματος οὐκ ἐξουσιάζει ἀλλὰ ὁ ἀνήρ ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ τοῦ ἰδίου σώματος οὐκ ἐξουσιάζει ἀλλὰ ἡ γυνή
- 5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.μὴ ἀποστερεῖτε ἀλλήλους εἰ μήτι ἂν ἐκ συμφώνου πρὸς καιρὸν ἵνα ⸀σχολάσητε ⸀τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ πάλιν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ⸀ἦτε ἵνα μὴ πειράζῃ ὑμᾶς ὁ Σατανᾶς διὰ τὴν ἀκρασίαν ὑμῶν
- 6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.τοῦτο δὲ λέγω κατὰ συγγνώμην οὐ κατ’ ἐπιταγήν
- 7For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.θέλω ⸀δὲ πάντας ἀνθρώπους εἶναι ὡς καὶ ἐμαυτόν ἀλλὰ ἕκαστος ἴδιον ⸂ἔχει χάρισμα⸃ ἐκ θεοῦ ⸀ὁ μὲν ⸁ὁ δὲ
- 8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.Λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις καλὸν ⸀αὐτοῖς ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ
- 9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἐγκρατεύονται γαμησάτωσαν κρεῖττον γάρ ἐστιν ⸀γαμῆσαι ἢ
- 10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:Τοῖς δὲ γεγαμηκόσιν παραγγέλλω οὐκ ἐγὼ ἀλλὰ ὁ κύριος γυναῖκα ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς μὴ χωρισθῆναι—
- 11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.ἐὰν δὲ καὶ χωρισθῇ μενέτω ἄγαμος ἢ τῷ ἀνδρὶ καταλλαγήτω— καὶ ἄνδρα γυναῖκα μὴ ἀφιέναι
- 12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.Τοῖς δὲ ⸂λέγω ἐγώ⸃ οὐχ ὁ κύριος εἴ ἀδελφὸς γυναῖκα ἔχει ἄπιστον καὶ αὕτη συνευδοκεῖ οἰκεῖν μετ’ αὐτοῦ μὴ ἀφιέτω αὐτήν
- 13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.καὶ γυνὴ ⸂εἴ ἔχει ἄνδρα ἄπιστον καὶ ⸀οὗτος συνευδοκεῖ οἰκεῖν μετ’ αὐτῆς μὴ ἀφιέτω ⸂τὸν ἄνδρα⸃
- 14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.ἡγίασται γὰρ ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἄπιστος ἐν τῇ γυναικί καὶ ἡγίασται ἡ γυνὴ ἡ ἄπιστος ἐν τῷ ⸀ἀδελφῷ ἐπεὶ ἄρα τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν ἀκάθαρτά ἐστιν νῦν δὲ ἅγιά ἐστιν
- 15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.εἰ δὲ ὁ ἄπιστος χωρίζεται χωριζέσθω οὐ δεδούλωται ὁ ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἡ ἀδελφὴ ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις ἐν δὲ εἰρήνῃ κέκληκεν ⸀ἡμᾶς ὁ θεός
- 16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?τί γὰρ γύναι εἰ τὸν ἄνδρα ἢ τί ἄνερ εἰ τὴν γυναῖκα
- 17But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.Εἰ μὴ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ⸀ἐμέρισεν ὁ ⸀κύριος ἕκαστον ὡς κέκληκεν ὁ ⸀θεός περιπατείτω καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις πάσαις διατάσσομαι
- 18Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.περιτετμημένος ἐκλήθη μὴ ἐπισπάσθω ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ ⸂κέκληταί μὴ περιτεμνέσθω
- 19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.ἡ περιτομὴ οὐδέν ἐστιν καὶ ἡ ἀκροβυστία οὐδέν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ τήρησις ἐντολῶν θεοῦ
- 20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.ἕκαστος ἐν τῇ κλήσει ᾗ ἐκλήθη ἐν ταύτῃ μενέτω
- 21Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.Δοῦλος ἐκλήθης μή σοι ἀλλ’ εἰ καὶ δύνασαι ἐλεύθερος γενέσθαι μᾶλλον χρῆσαι
- 22For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.ὁ γὰρ ἐν κυρίῳ κληθεὶς δοῦλος ἀπελεύθερος κυρίου ἐστίν ⸀ὁμοίως ὁ ἐλεύθερος κληθεὶς δοῦλός ἐστιν Χριστοῦ
- 23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.τιμῆς ἠγοράσθητε μὴ γίνεσθε δοῦλοι ἀνθρώπων
- 24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.ἕκαστος ἐν ᾧ ἐκλήθη ἀδελφοί ἐν τούτῳ μενέτω παρὰ θεῷ
- 25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.Περὶ δὲ τῶν παρθένων ἐπιταγὴν κυρίου οὐκ ἔχω γνώμην δὲ δίδωμι ὡς ὑπὸ κυρίου πιστὸς εἶναι
- 26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.νομίζω οὖν τοῦτο καλὸν ὑπάρχειν διὰ τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἀνάγκην ὅτι καλὸν ἀνθρώπῳ τὸ εἶναι
- 27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.δέδεσαι γυναικί μὴ ζήτει λύσιν λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα
- 28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ⸀γαμήσῃς οὐχ ἥμαρτες καὶ ἐὰν γήμῃ ἡ παρθένος οὐχ ἥμαρτεν θλῖψιν δὲ τῇ σαρκὶ ἕξουσιν οἱ τοιοῦτοι ἐγὼ δὲ ὑμῶν φείδομαι
- 29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;τοῦτο δέ φημι ἀδελφοί ὁ καιρὸς συνεσταλμένος ⸂ἐστίν τὸ ἵνα καὶ οἱ ἔχοντες γυναῖκας ὡς μὴ ἔχοντες ὦσιν
- 30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;καὶ οἱ κλαίοντες ὡς μὴ κλαίοντες καὶ οἱ χαίροντες ὡς μὴ χαίροντες καὶ οἱ ἀγοράζοντες ὡς μὴ κατέχοντες
- 31And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.καὶ οἱ χρώμενοι ⸂τὸν κόσμον⸃ ὡς μὴ καταχρώμενοι παράγει γὰρ τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου
- 32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:Θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀμερίμνους εἶναι ὁ ἄγαμος μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κυρίου πῶς ⸀ἀρέσῃ τῷ κυρίῳ
- 33But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.ὁ δὲ γαμήσας μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κόσμου πῶς ⸀ἀρέσῃ τῇ γυναικί
- 34There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.⸀καὶ μεμέρισται καὶ ἡ γυνὴ ⸂ἡ ἄγαμος⸃ καὶ ἡ ⸀παρθένος μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἵνα ᾖ ἁγία καὶ ⸀τῷ σώματι καὶ ⸁τῷ πνεύματι ἡ δὲ γαμήσασα μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κόσμου πῶς ⸀ἀρέσῃ τῷ ἀνδρί
- 35And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.τοῦτο δὲ πρὸς τὸ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν λέγω οὐχ ἵνα βρόχον ὑμῖν ἐπιβάλω ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸ εὔσχημον καὶ τῷ κυρίῳ ἀπερισπάστως
- 36But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.Εἰ δέ ἀσχημονεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν παρθένον αὐτοῦ νομίζει ἐὰν ᾖ ὑπέρακμος καὶ ὀφείλει γίνεσθαι ὃ θέλει ποιείτω οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει γαμείτωσαν
- 37Nevertheless 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.ὃς δὲ ἕστηκεν ⸂ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἑδραῖος⸃ μὴ ἔχων ἀνάγκην ἐξουσίαν δὲ ἔχει περὶ τοῦ ἰδίου θελήματος καὶ τοῦτο κέκρικεν ἐν τῇ ⸂ἰδίᾳ καρδίᾳ⸃ ⸀τηρεῖν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ παρθένον καλῶς ⸀ποιήσει
- 38So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.ὥστε καὶ ὁ ⸂τὴν παρθένον ἑαυτοῦ⸃ καλῶς ποιεῖ ⸂καὶ ὁ⸃ μὴ κρεῖσσον ⸀ποιήσει
- 39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.Γυνὴ ⸀δέδεται ἐφ’ ὅσον χρόνον ζῇ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ἐὰν ⸀δὲ ὁ ἀνήρ ἐλευθέρα ἐστὶν ᾧ θέλει γαμηθῆναι μόνον ἐν κυρίῳ
- 40But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.μακαριωτέρα δέ ἐστιν ἐὰν μείνῃ κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴν γνώμην δοκῶ ⸀δὲ κἀγὼ πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἔχειν
1 Corinthians 7 KJV
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γυνήG1135
a woman; specially, a wife
μήG3361
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
εἰμίG1510
I exist (used only when emphatic)
ἀνήρG435
a man (properly as an individual male)
ἔχωG2192
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
κύριοςG2962
supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
οὐG3756
the absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not
εἰG1487
if, whether, that, etc
οὗτοςG3778
the he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated)
γαμέωG1060
to wed (of either sex)
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