1 Corinthians 7:1
BUT concerning those (questions) of which you wrote to me, It is well for a man unto a woman not to come nigh;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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, because of fornication, let a man take his wife, and let a woman take her husband.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:8But I say to those who have no wives, and to the widows, that it is expedient for them to remain as I do.
1 Corinthians 7:37But he who hath firmly decided in his own mind, and nothing constraineth him, and (who hath) power in his will, and thus judgeth in his heart, that he will keep his virgin, doeth 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 →