1 Corinthians 7:1

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:2-14
    13 verses
    84%

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

    3Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

    4The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

    5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

    6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

    7Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

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

    9But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

    10But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

    11(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

    12But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

    13And the woman that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.

    14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

  • 1 Cor 7:24-29
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    78%

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

    25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.

    26I 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.

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

    28But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

    29But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

  • 1 Cor 7:32-40
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    75%

    32But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

    33but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

    34and is divided. [So] also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

    35And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

    36But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin [daughter], if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

    37But 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.

    38So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

    39A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

    40But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

  • 1 Thess 4:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

    4that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

  • Matt 19:10
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    10The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    70%

    2For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

    3So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

  • 1 Cor 6:18
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    18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

  • Col 2:21
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    21Handle not, nor taste, nor touch

  • Mark 10:7
    69%

    7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;

  • 1 Cor 7:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

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

    17Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.

  • 1 Cor 6:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.

    16Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

  • 1 Cor 5:9
    69%

    9I wrote unto you in my epistle to have no company with fornicators;

  • 1 Cor 11:11
    69%

    11Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 7:20
    68%

    20Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

  • 1 Tim 4:3
    68%

    3forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

  • Lev 18:19
    68%

    19And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

  • Heb 13:4
    68%

    4[ Let] marriage [be] had in honor among all, and [let] the bed [be] undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

  • Acts 15:29
    68%

    29that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.

  • 1 Cor 11:7
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    7For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

  • Lev 21:7
    68%

    7They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

  • Prov 6:29
    68%

    29So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.