1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
In Context
2But, to avoid lewd practices, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:8But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It would be good for them, if they remain as I myself.
1 Corinthians 7:37But he that stands firm in his purpose, having no necessity to give his daughter in marriage, but has liberty with respect to his own will, and has thus decided in his own heart, that he will keep his daughter a virgin, does well.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:1
In this chapter the apostle answers some cases proposed to him by the Corinthians about marriage. He, I. Shows them that marriage was appointed as a remedy against fornication, and therefore that persons had better marry than burn, ver. 1-9 . II. He gives direction to those who are married to continue together, though they might have an unbelieving relative, unless the unbeliever would part, in which case a Christian would not be in bondage, ver. 10-16 . III. He shows them that becoming Christians does not change… Read the whole commentary →