1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
Cross References
Genesis 20:6And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered thee not to touch her.
Proverbs 6:29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.
1 Corinthians 7:8But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.
1 Corinthians 7:37For he that hath determined being steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but having power of his own will; and hath judged this in his heart, to keep his virgin, doth 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 →