哥林多前书 7
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
婚姻的问题
7 关于你们信上所提的事:“男人不亲近女人倒好。” 2 但为了避免淫乱的事，男人应当各有自己的妻子，女人也应当各有自己的丈夫。 3 丈夫对妻子应该尽他的本分，妻子对丈夫也应当这样。 4 妻子对自己的身体没有主权，权在丈夫；照样，丈夫对自己的身体也没有主权，权在妻子。 5 夫妻不可彼此亏负，除非为了要专心祷告，双方才可以同意暂时分房。以后仍要同房，免得撒但趁着你们情不自禁的时候诱惑你们。 6 我说这话是容许你们，并不是命令。 7 我愿人人都像我一样；只是各人有各人从 神得来的恩赐，有人是这样，有人是那样。
8 我现在要对未婚的人和寡妇说，他们若保持像我这样就好了； 9 但如果不能自制，就应当结婚，因为结婚总比欲火焚身好。 10 我要吩咐已婚的人（其实不是我，而是主吩咐的），妻子不可离开丈夫。 11 如果离开了，就不可再嫁，不然，就要跟丈夫复合。丈夫也不可离弃妻子。 12 我要对其余的人说（是我说的，不是主说的），倘若某弟兄有不信的妻子，而她也情愿和他住在一起，他就不要离弃她。 13 如果妻子有不信的丈夫，而他也情愿和她住在一起，她也不要离弃丈夫。 14 因为不信的丈夫因着妻子成为圣洁，不信的妻子也因着那个弟兄成为圣洁了。不然，你们的儿女就是不洁净的，但现在他们都是圣洁的了。 15 如果那不信的要离去，就由他离去吧；在这种情形之下，信主的弟兄或姊妹都不必勉强。 神呼召你们，是要你们和睦。 16 你这作妻子的，你怎么知道能否救你的丈夫呢？你这作丈夫的，你怎么知道能否救你的妻子呢？
保持蒙召时的身分
17 不过，主怎样分给各人， 神怎样呼召各人，各人就要照着去行事为人。我也这样吩咐各教会。 18 有人受了割礼而蒙召的吗？他就不要遮掩割礼的记号。有人未受割礼而蒙召的吗？他就不要受割礼。 19 割礼算不得甚么，没有割礼也算不得甚么，要紧的是遵守 神的命令。 20 各人蒙召的时候怎样，他就应当保持原来的情况。 21 你蒙召的时候是作奴仆的吗？不要为此烦恼。但如果你能够得到自由，就要把握这机会。 22 因为作奴仆的蒙了主的呼召，就是属于主的自由人了；照样，自由的人蒙了呼召，他就是基督的奴仆了。 23 你们是用重价买来的，不要作人的奴仆。 24 弟兄们，你们各人蒙召的时候怎样，就应当在 神面前保持这原来的情况。
未婚、守独身、守寡的问题
25 关于未婚的，我没有主的命令，但我既然蒙了主的怜悯，成为可信靠的人，就把我的意见提出来。 26 为了目前的困难，我认为人最好能保持现状。 27 你已经有了妻子吗？就不要想摆脱。你还没有妻子吗？就不要去找妻子。 28 如果你娶妻子，这不是犯罪；如果处女出嫁，也不是犯罪。不过，这样的人要受肉体上的苦难，我却不愿你们受这苦难。 29 弟兄们，我是说时候不多了。从今以后，有妻子的要像没有妻子的， 30 哀哭的要像不哀哭的，快乐的要像不快乐的，买了东西的要像一无所得的， 31 享用世上百物的要像没有享用的一样，因为这世上的情况都要过去。 32 我愿你们无所挂虑。没有娶妻子的人，挂念的是主的事，想怎样去得主喜悦； 33 但娶了妻子的人是为世上的事挂虑，想怎样去讨妻子的欢心， 34 这样他就分心了。没有结婚的妇女和守独身的女子，挂念的是主的事，好让身体和心灵都成为圣洁；但结了婚的妇女是为世上的事挂虑，想怎样去讨丈夫的欢心。 35 我说这话，是为了你们自己的益处；我不是要限制你们，而是要你们作合宜的事，一心一意地对主忠诚。
36 如果有人认为是亏待了自己的女朋友，她也过了结婚的年龄，而他觉得应当结婚，他就可以照着自己的意思去作，这不是犯罪；他们应该结婚。 37 但如果他心里坚决，没有甚么不得已的原因，又可以控制自己的意志，决心让女朋友持守独身；这样作也是好的。 38 所以，那跟自己的女朋友结婚的，作得好，那不结婚的，作得更好。（或译：“36 如果有人认为待自己的女儿不合适，她也过了结婚的年龄，而且应当这样行，他就可以照着自己的意思去作，让她们结婚，这不是犯罪。37 但如果他心里坚定，没有甚么不得已的原因，又有权作主，决心留下自己的女儿，这样作也是好的。38 所以，那让自己女儿出嫁的，作得好，那不让女儿出嫁的，作得更好。”）
39 丈夫活着的时候，妻子是受约束的；丈夫若死了，她就可以自由地嫁给她愿意嫁的人，只是要嫁给主里的人。 40 然而照我的意见，倘若她能守节，就更有福了。我想我这话也是 神的灵感动的。
1 Corinthians 7
King James Version
7 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I.
9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 7
Good News Translation
Questions about Marriage
7 Now, to deal with the matters you wrote about.
A man does well not to marry.[a] 2 But because there is so much immorality, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband. 3 A man should fulfill his duty as a husband, and a woman should fulfill her duty as a wife, and each should satisfy the other's needs. 4 A wife is not the master of her own body, but her husband is; in the same way a husband is not the master of his own body, but his wife is. 5 Do not deny yourselves to each other, unless you first agree to do so for a while in order to spend your time in prayer; but then resume normal marital relations. In this way you will be kept from giving in to Satan's temptation because of your lack of self-control.
6 I tell you this not as an order, but simply as a permission. 7 Actually I would prefer that all of you were as I am; but each one has a special gift from God, one person this gift, another one that gift.
8 Now, to the unmarried and to the widows I say that it would be better for you to continue to live alone as I do. 9 But if you cannot restrain your desires, go ahead and marry—it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 (A)For married people I have a command which is not my own but the Lord's: a wife must not leave her husband; 11 but if she does, she must remain single or else be reconciled to her husband; and a husband must not divorce his wife.
12 To the others I say (I, myself, not the Lord): if a Christian man has a wife who is an unbeliever and she agrees to go on living with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a Christian woman is married to a man who is an unbeliever and he agrees to go on living with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is made acceptable to God by being united to his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made acceptable to God by being united to her Christian husband. If this were not so, their children would be like pagan children; but as it is, they are acceptable to God. 15 However, if the one who is not a believer wishes to leave the Christian partner, let it be so. In such cases the Christian partner, whether husband or wife, is free to act. God has called you to live in peace. 16 How can you be sure, Christian wife, that you will not save[b] your husband? Or how can you be sure, Christian husband, that you will not save[c] your wife?
Live As God Called You
17 Each of you should go on living according to the Lord's gift to you, and as you were when God called you. This is the rule I teach in all the churches. 18 (B)If a circumcised man has accepted God's call, he should not try to remove the marks of circumcision; if an uncircumcised man has accepted God's call, he should not get circumcised. 19 For whether or not a man is circumcised means nothing; what matters is to obey God's commandments. 20 Each of you should remain as you were when you accepted God's call. 21 Were you a slave when God called you? Well, never mind; but if you have a chance to become free, use it.[d] 22 For a slave who has been called by the Lord is the Lord's free person; in the same way a free person who has been called by Christ is his slave. 23 God bought you for a price; so do not become slaves of people. 24 My friends, each of you should remain in fellowship with God in the same condition that you were when you were called.
Questions about the Unmarried and the Widows
25 Now, concerning what you wrote about unmarried people: I do not have a command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is worthy of trust.
26 Considering the present distress, I think it is better for a man to stay as he is. 27 Do you have a wife? Then don't try to get rid of her. Are you unmarried? Then don't look for a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you haven't committed a sin; and if an unmarried woman marries, she hasn't committed a sin. But I would rather spare you the everyday troubles that married people will have.
29 What I mean, my friends, is this: there is not much time left, and from now on married people should live as though they were not married; 30 those who weep, as though they were not sad; those who laugh, as though they were not happy; those who buy, as though they did not own what they bought; 31 those who deal in material goods, as though they were not fully occupied with them. For this world, as it is now, will not last much longer.
32 I would like you to be free from worry. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's work, because he is trying to please the Lord. 33 But a married man concerns himself with worldly matters, because he wants to please his wife; 34 and so he is pulled in two directions. An unmarried woman or a virgin concerns herself with the Lord's work, because she wants to be dedicated both in body and spirit; but a married woman concerns herself with worldly matters, because she wants to please her husband.
35 I am saying this because I want to help you. I am not trying to put restrictions on you. Instead, I want you to do what is right and proper, and to give yourselves completely to the Lord's service without any reservation.
36 In the case of an engaged couple who have decided not to marry: if the man feels that he is not acting properly toward the young woman and if his passions are too strong and he feels that they ought to marry, then they should get married, as he wants to.[e] There is no sin in this. 37 But if a man, without being forced to do so, has firmly made up his mind not to marry,[f] and if he has his will under complete control and has already decided in his own mind what to do—then he does well not to marry the young woman.[g] 38 So the man who marries[h] does well, but the one who doesn't marry[i] does even better.
39 A married woman is not free as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, then she is free to be married to any man she wishes, but only if he is a Christian. 40 She will be happier, however, if she stays as she is. That is my opinion, and I think that I too have God's Spirit.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 7:1 A man does well not to marry; or You say that a man does well not to marry.
- 1 Corinthians 7:16 How can you be sure … that you will not save; or How do you know … that you will save.
- 1 Corinthians 7:16 How can you be sure … that you will not save; or How do you know … that you will save.
- 1 Corinthians 7:21 but if you have a chance to become free, use it; or but even if you have a chance to become free, choose rather to make the best of your condition as a slave.
- 1 Corinthians 7:36 an engaged couple … as he wants to; or a man and his unmarried daughter: if he feels that he is not acting properly toward her, and if she is at the right age to marry, then he should do as he wishes and let her get married.
- 1 Corinthians 7:37 not to marry; or not to let his daughter get married.
- 1 Corinthians 7:37 marry the young woman; or let her get married.
- 1 Corinthians 7:38 marries; or lets his daughter get married.
- 1 Corinthians 7:38 doesn't marry; or doesn't let her get married.
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