Verse 1

Now concerning the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 To the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to remain as I am.
  • 1 Cor 7:26-27 : 26 Because of the present distress, I think it is good for a person to remain as they are. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
  • 1 Cor 7:37-38 : 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, the one who marries the virgin does right, but the one who does not marry her does better.
  • Gen 20:6 : 6 Then God said to him in the dream, 'Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, so I also kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.'
  • Ruth 2:9 : 9 Keep your eyes on the field they are harvesting and follow after them. I have ordered the young men not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled."
  • Prov 6:29 : 29 So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
  • Matt 19:10-11 : 10 The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry." 11 But he said to them, "Not everyone can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given."