Verse 1

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

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
  • 1 Cor 7:26-27 : 26 I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, [namely], that it is good for a man to be as he is. 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.
  • 1 Cor 7:37-38 : 37 But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching in his own heart, to keep his own virgin [daughter], shall do well. 38 So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.
  • Gen 20:6 : 6 And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou has done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
  • Ruth 2:9 : 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
  • Prov 6:29 : 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
  • Matt 19:10-11 : 10 The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry. 11 But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.