格林多前书 7

1Now concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

3Let the husband render the debt to his wife, and the wife also in like manner to the husband.

4The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

5Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer; and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.

6But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.

7For I would that all men were even as myself: but every one hath his proper gift from God; one after this manner, and another after that.

8But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.

9But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.

10But to them that are married, not I but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her husband.

11And if she depart, that she remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife.

12For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she consent to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

13And if any woman hath a husband that believeth not, and he consent to dwell with her, let her not put away her husband.

14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife; and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the believing husband: otherwise your children should be unclean; but now they are holy.

15But if the unbeliever depart, let him depart. For a brother or sister is not under servitude in such cases. But God hath called us in peace.

16For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

17But as the Lord hath distributed to every one, as God hath called every one, so let him walk: and so in all churches I teach.

18Is any man called, being circumcised? let him not procure uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing: but the observance of the commandments of God.

20Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.

21Wast thou called, being a bondman? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

22For he that is called in the Lord, being a bondman, is the freeman of the Lord. Likewise he that is called, being free, is the bondman of Christ.

23You are bought with a price; be not made the bondslaves of men.

24Brethren, let every man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.

25Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.

26I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be.

27Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

28But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless, such shall have tribulation of the flesh. But I spare you.

29This therefore I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as if they had none;

30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as if they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

31And they that use this world, as if they used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

32But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God.

33But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided.

34And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

35And this I speak for your profit: not to cast a snare upon you; but for that which is decent, and which may give you power to attend upon the Lord, without impediment.

36But if any man think that he seemeth dishonoured, with regard to his virgin, for that she is above the age, and it must so be: let him do what he will; he sinneth not, if she marry.

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.

38Therefore, both he that giveth his virgin in marriage, doth well; and he that giveth her not, doth better.

39A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband die, she is at liberty: let her marry to whom she will; only in the Lord.

40But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel; and I think that I also have the spirit of God.

1De quibus autem scripsistis mihi: Bonum est homini mulierem non tangere:

2propter fornicationem autem unusquisque suam uxorem habeat, et unaquæque suum virum habeat.

3Uxori vir debitum reddat: similiter autem et uxor viro.

4Mulier sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed vir. Similiter autem et vir sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed mulier.

5Nolite fraudare invicem, nisi forte ex consensu ad tempus, ut vacetis orationi: et iterum revertimini in idipsum, ne tentet vos Satanas propter incontinentiam vestram.

6Hoc autem dico secundum indulgentiam, non secundum imperium.

7Volo enim omnes vos esse sicut meipsum: sed unusquisque proprium donum habet ex Deo: alius quidem sic, alius vero sic.

8Dico autem non nuptis, et viduis: bonum est illis si sic permaneant, sicut et ego.

9Quod si non se continent, nubant. Melius est enim nubere, quam uri.

10Iis autem qui matrimonio juncti sunt, præcipio non ego, sed Dominus, uxorem a viro non discedere:

11quod si discesserit, manere innuptam, aut viro suo reconciliari. Et vir uxorem non dimittat.

12Nam ceteris ego dico, non Dominus. Si quis frater uxorem habet infidelem, et hæc consentit habitare cum illo, non dimittat illam.

13Et si qua mulier fidelis habet virum infidelem, et hic consentit habitare cum illa, non dimittat virum:

14sanctificatus est enim vir infidelis per mulierem fidelem, et sanctificata est mulier infidelis per virum fidelem: alioquin filii vestri immundi essent, nunc autem sancti sunt.

15Quod si infidelis discedit, discedat: non enim servituti subjectus est frater, aut soror in hujusmodi: in pace autem vocavit nos Deus.

16Unde enim scis mulier, si virum salvum facies? aut unde scis vir, si mulierem salvam facies?

17Nisi unicuique sicut divisit Dominus, unumquemque sicut vocavit Deus, ita ambulet, et sicut in omnibus ecclesiis doceo.

18Circumcisus aliquis vocatus est? non adducat præputium. In præputio aliquis vocatus est? non circumcidatur.

19Circumcisio nihil est, et præputium nihil est: sed observatio mandatorum Dei.

20Unusquisque in qua vocatione vocatus est, in ea permaneat.

21Servus vocatus es? non sit tibi curæ: sed et si potes fieri liber, magis utere.

22Qui enim in Domino vocatus est servus, libertus est Domini: similiter qui liber vocatus est, servus est Christi.

23Pretio empti estis: nolite fieri servi hominum.

24Unusquisque in quo vocatus est, fratres, in hoc permaneat apud Deum.

25De virginibus autem præceptum Domini non habeo: consilium autem do, tamquam misericordiam consecutus a Domino, ut sim fidelis.

26Existimo ergo hoc bonum esse propter instantem necessitatem, quoniam bonum est homini sic esse.

27Alligatus es uxori? noli quærere solutionem. Solutus es ab uxore? noli quærere uxorem.

28Si autem acceperis uxorem, non peccasti. Et si nupserit virgo, non peccavit: tribulationem tamen carnis habebunt hujusmodi. Ego autem vobis parco.

29Hoc itaque dico, fratres: tempus breve est: reliquum est, ut et qui habent uxores, tamquam non habentes sint:

30et qui flent, tamquam non flentes: et qui gaudent, tamquam non gaudentes: et qui emunt, tamquam non possidentes:

31et qui utuntur hoc mundo, tamquam non utantur: præterit enim figura hujus mundi.

32Volo autem vos sine sollicitudine esse. Qui sine uxore est, sollicitus est quæ Domini sunt, quomodo placeat Deo.

33Qui autem cum uxore est, sollicitus est quæ sunt mundi, quomodo placeat uxori, et divisus est.

34Et mulier innupta, et virgo, cogitat quæ Domini sunt, ut sit sancta corpore, et spiritu. Quæ autem nupta est, cogitat quæ sunt mundi, quomodo placeat viro.

35Porro hoc ad utilitatem vestram dico: non ut laqueum vobis injiciam, sed ad id, quod honestum est, et quod facultatem præbeat sine impedimento Dominum obsecrandi.

36Si quis autem turpem se videri existimat super virgine sua, quod sit superadulta, et ita oportet fieri: quod vult faciat: non peccat, si nubat.

37Nam qui statuit in corde suo firmus, non habens necessitatem, potestatem autem habens suæ voluntatis, et hoc judicavit in corde suo, servare virginem suam, bene facit.

38Igitur et qui matrimonio jungit virginem suam, bene facit: et qui non jungit, melius facit.

39Mulier alligata est legi quanto tempore vir ejus vivit, quod si dormierit vir ejus, liberata est: cui vult nubat, tantum in Domino.

40Beatior autem erit si sic permanserit secundum meum consilium: puto autem quod et ego Spiritum Dei habeam.

1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

3A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband.

4It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body.

5So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.

6But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.

7For I would prefer it if you were all like myself. But each person has his proper gift from God: one in this way, yet another in that way.

8But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am.

9But if they cannot restrain themselves, they should marry. For it is better to marry, than to be burned.

10But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband.

11But if she has separated from him, she must remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.

12Concerning the rest, I am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

13And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce her husband.

14For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through the believing husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, whereas instead they are holy.

15But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart. For a brother or sister cannot be made subject to servitude in this way. For God has called us to peace.

16And how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

17However, let each one walk just as the Lord has distributed to him, each one just as God has called him. And thus do I teach in all the churches.

18Has any circumcised man been called? Let him not cover his circumcision. Has any uncircumcised man been called? Let him not be circumcised.

19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; there is only the observance of the commandments of God.

20Let each and every one remain in the same calling to which he was called.

21Are you a servant who has been called? Do not be concerned about it. But if you ever have the ability to be free, make use of it.

22For any servant who has been called in the Lord is free in the Lord. Similarly, any free person who has been called is a servant in Christ.

23You have been bought with a price. Do not be willing to become the servants of men.

24Brothers, let each one, in whatever state he was called, remain in that state with God.

25Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give counsel, as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord, so as to be faithful.

26Therefore, I consider this to be good, because of the present necessity: that it is good for a man to be such as I am.

27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife.

28But if you take a wife, you have not sinned. And if a virgin has married, she has not sinned. Even so, such as these will have the tribulation of the flesh. But I would spare you from this.

29And so, this is what I say, brothers: The time is short. What remains of it is such that: those who have wives should be as if they had none;

30and those who weep, as though they were not weeping; and those who rejoice, as if they were not rejoicing; and those who buy, as if they possessed nothing;

31and those who use the things of this world, as if they were not using them. For the figure of this world is passing away.

32But I would prefer you to be without worry. Whoever is without a wife is worried about the things of the Lord, as to how he may please God.

33But whoever is with a wife is worried about the things of the world, as to how he may please his wife. And so, he is divided.

34And the unmarried woman and the virgin think about the things that are of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit. But she who is married thinks about the things that are of the world, as to how she may please her husband.

35Furthermore, I am saying this for your own benefit, not in order to cast a snare over you, but toward whatever is honest and whatever may provide you with the ability to be without hindrance, so as to worship the Lord.

36But if any man considers himself to seem dishonorable, concerning a virgin who is of adult age, and so it ought to be, he may do as he wills. If he marries her, he does not sin.

37But if he has decided firmly in his heart, and he does not have any obligation, but only the power of his free will, and if he has judged this in his heart, to let her remain a virgin, he does well.

38And so, he who joins with his virgin in matrimony does well, and he who does not join with her does better.

39A woman is bound under the law for as long as her husband lives. But if her husband has died, she is free. She may marry whomever she wishes, but only in the Lord.

40But she will be more blessed, if she remains in this state, in accord with my counsel. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.