I Corinthians 7

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

de quibus autem scripsistis bonum est homini mulierem non tangere

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

propter fornicationes autem unusquisque suam uxorem habeat et unaquaeque suum virum habeat

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

uxori vir debitum reddat similiter autem et uxor viro

The 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.

mulier sui corporis potestatem non habet sed vir similiter autem et vir sui corporis potestatem non habet sed mulier

Defraud 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.

nolite fraudare invicem nisi forte ex consensu ad tempus ut vacetis orationi et iterum revertimini in id ipsum ne temptet vos Satanas propter incontinentiam vestram

But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

hoc autem dico secundum indulgentiam non secundum imperium

For 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.

volo autem omnes homines esse sicut me ipsum sed unusquisque proprium habet donum ex Deo alius quidem sic alius vero sic

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

dico autem non nuptis et viduis bonum est illis si sic maneant sicut et ego

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

quod si non se continent nubant melius est enim nubere quam uri

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

his autem qui matrimonio iuncti sunt praecipio non ego sed Dominus uxorem a viro non discedere

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

quod si discesserit manere innuptam aut viro suo reconciliari et vir uxorem ne dimittat

But 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.

nam ceteris ego dico non Dominus si quis frater uxorem habet infidelem et haec consentit habitare cum illo non dimittat illam

And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

et si qua mulier habet virum infidelem et hic consentit habitare cum illa non dimittat virum

For 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.

sanctificatus est enim vir infidelis in muliere fideli et sanctificata est mulier infidelis per virum fidelem alioquin filii vestri inmundi essent nunc autem sancti sunt

But 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.

quod si infidelis discedit discedat non est enim servituti subiectus frater aut soror in eiusmodi in pace autem vocavit nos Deus

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

unde enim scis mulier si virum salvum facies aut unde scis vir si mulierem salvam facies

But 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.

nisi unicuique sicut divisit Dominus unumquemque sicut vocavit Deus ita ambulet et sic in omnibus ecclesiis doceo

Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

circumcisus aliquis vocatus est non adducat praeputium in praeputio aliquis vocatus est non circumcidatur

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

circumcisio nihil est et praeputium nihil est sed observatio mandatorum Dei

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

unusquisque in qua vocatione vocatus est in ea permaneat

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

servus vocatus es non sit tibi curae sed et si potes liber fieri magis utere

For 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.

qui enim in Domino vocatus est servus libertus est Domini similiter qui liber vocatus est servus est Christi

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

pretio empti estis nolite fieri servi hominum

Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

unusquisque in quo vocatus est fratres in hoc maneat apud Deum

Now 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.

de virginibus autem praeceptum Domini non habeo consilium autem do tamquam misericordiam consecutus a Domino ut sim fidelis

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

existimo ergo hoc bonum esse propter instantem necessitatem quoniam bonum est homini sic esse

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

alligatus es uxori noli quaerere solutionem solutus es ab uxore noli quaerere uxorem

But 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.

si autem acceperis uxorem non peccasti et si nupserit virgo non peccavit tribulationem tamen carnis habebunt huiusmodi ego autem vobis parco

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

hoc itaque dico fratres tempus breve est reliquum est ut qui habent uxores tamquam non habentes sint

And 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;

et qui flent tamquam non flentes et qui gaudent tamquam non gaudentes et qui emunt tamquam non possidentes

And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

et qui utuntur hoc mundo tamquam non utantur praeterit enim figura huius mundi

But 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:

volo autem vos sine sollicitudine esse qui sine uxore est sollicitus est quae Domini sunt quomodo placeat Deo

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

qui autem cum uxore est sollicitus est quae sunt mundi quomodo placeat uxori et divisus est

There 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.

et mulier innupta et virgo cogitat quae Domini sunt ut sit sancta et corpore et spiritu quae autem nupta est cogitat quae sunt mundi quomodo placeat viro

And 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.

porro hoc ad utilitatem vestram dico non ut laqueum vobis iniciam sed ad id quod honestum est et quod facultatem praebeat sine inpedimento Dominum observandi

But 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.

si quis autem turpem se videri existimat super virgine sua quod sit superadulta et ita oportet fieri quod vult faciat non peccat nubat

Nevertheless 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.

nam qui statuit in corde suo firmus non habens necessitatem potestatem autem habet suae voluntatis et hoc iudicavit in corde suo servare virginem suam bene facit

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

igitur et qui matrimonio iungit virginem suam bene facit et qui non iungit melius facit

The 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.

mulier alligata est quanto tempore vir eius vivit quod si dormierit vir eius liberata est cui vult nubat tantum in Domino

But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

beatior autem erit si sic permanserit secundum meum consilium puto autem quod et ego Spiritum Dei habeo