KJ3 Literal Translation
1 Corinthians 7
2 He treats of marriage, 10 and shows that the bond should not lightly be dissolved.
1But concerning what you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman;
2but because of fornication, let each one have his own wife, and let each one have her own husband.
3Let the husband give due kindness to the wife, and likewise the wife also to the husband.
4The wife does not have authority of her own body, but the husband. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
5Do not deprive one another, if not by agreement for a time, that you may devote yourselves to fasting and to prayer. And come together again on the same place, that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
6But I say this by concession, not by command.
7But I desire all men also to be as myself. But each one has his own gift from God, thus and thus.
8But I say to the unmarried men, and to the widows, it is good for them if they also remain as I.
9But if they do not have self control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to be inflamed.
10But I command the ones being married (not I, but the Lord), a woman not to be separated from her husband;
11but if indeed she is separated, remain unmarried, or be reconciled to the husband; and a husband not to let his wife go.
12But to the rest I say, not the Lord, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, let him not let her go.
13And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, let her not let him go.
14For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the husband; else, then, your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
15But if the unbelieving one separates, let them be separated; the brother or the sister is not in bondage in such matters; but God has called us in peace.
16For what do you know, wife, whether you will save the husband? Or what do you know, husband, whether you will save the wife?
17If not as God has apportioned to each, one, to each one as the Lord has called, so let him walk. So I command in the assemblies.
18Was anyone called having been circumcised? Do not be uncircumcised. Was anyone called in uncircumcision? Do not be circumcised.
19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of God’s commands.
20Each one in the calling in which he was called, in this remain.
21Were you called as a slave? It does not matter to you. But if you are able to be free, rather use it.
22For the one having been called as a slave in the Lord is a free man of the Lord. And likewise, the one being called a free man is a slave of Christ.
23You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
24Each one in which state he was called, brothers, in this remain with God.
25But about the virgins, I have no command of the Lord. But I give judgment, as having received mercy by the Lord to be faithful.
26Therefore I think this to be good, because of the present necessity: that it is good for a man to be so.
27Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Have you been released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
28But if you also marry, you do not sin. And if the virgin marries, she does not sin. But such will have trouble in the flesh; and I am sparing you.
29But I say this, brothers, that the time having been cut short, the remaining thing is, that even the ones having wives should be as not having,
30and the ones weeping as not weeping, and the ones rejoicing as not rejoicing, and the ones buying as not possessing,
31and the ones using this world as not overusing it; for the fashion of this world is passing away.
32But I desire you to be without care. The unmarried one cares for the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord;
33but the one marrying cares for the things of the world, how to please the wife.
34The wife and the virgin are different. The unmarried one cares for the things of the Lord, that she be holy in both body and spirit. But the married one cares for the things of the world, how to please the husband.
35And I say this for your advantage, not that I put a noose before you, but for the fitting thing, and waiting on the Lord without distraction.
36But if anyone thinks he acts unseemly toward his virgin (if she is beyond her prime, and so it ought to be), let him do what he desires; he does not sin; let them marry.
37But he who stands firm in heart, not having necessity, but has authority as to his own will, and has judged this in his heart, to keep his virgin; he does well.
38So that he giving in marriage does well, and he not giving in marriage does better.
39A wife is bound by law for as long a time as her husband lives; but if her husband sleeps, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
40But she is happier if she remains so, according to my judgment. And I think I also have the Spirit of God.
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