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1 Corinthians 7
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1 Corinthians 7
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Advice about Marriage
7 Now, concerning the things that you wrote about: It’s good for men not to get married. 2 But in order to avoid sexual sins, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
3 Husbands and wives should satisfy each other’s sexual needs. 4 A wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but his wife does.
5 Don’t withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so for a set time to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should get back together so that Satan doesn’t use your lack of self-control to tempt you. 6 What I have just said is not meant as a command but as a suggestion. 7 I would like everyone to be like me. However, each person has a special gift from God, and these gifts vary from person to person.
8 I say to those who are not married, especially to widows: It is good for you to stay single like me. 9 However, if you cannot control your desires, you should get married. It is better for you to marry than to burn with sexual desire.
10 I pass this command along (not really I, but the Lord): A wife shouldn’t leave her husband. 11 If she does, she should stay single or make up with her husband. Likewise, a husband should not divorce his wife.
12 I (not the Lord) say to the rest of you: If any Christian man is married to a woman who is an unbeliever, and she is willing to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 If any Christian woman is married to a man who is an unbeliever, and he is willing to live with her, she should not divorce her husband. 14 Actually, the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and an unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise, their children would be unacceptable to God, but now they are acceptable to him. 15 But if the unbelieving partners leave, let them go. Under these circumstances a Christian man or Christian woman is not bound by a marriage vow. God has called you to live in peace. 16 How do you as a wife know whether you will save your husband? How do you as a husband know whether you will save your wife?
17 Everyone should live the life that the Lord gave him when God called him. This is the guideline I use in every church.
18 Any man who was already circumcised when he was called to be a Christian shouldn’t undo his circumcision. Any man who was uncircumcised when he was called to be a Christian shouldn’t get circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and the lack of it is nothing. But keeping what God commands is everything. 20 All people should stay as they were when they were called. 21 Were you a slave when you were called? That shouldn’t bother you. However, if you have a chance to become free, take it. 22 If the Lord called you when you were a slave, you are the Lord’s free person. In the same way, if you were free when you were called, you are Christ’s slave. 23 You were bought for a price. Don’t become anyone’s slaves. 24 Brothers and sisters, you should remain in whatever circumstances you were in when God called you. God is with you in those circumstances.
25 Concerning virgins: Even though I don’t have any command from the Lord, I’ll give you my opinion. I’m a person to whom the Lord has shown mercy, so I can be trusted. 26 Because of the present crisis I believe it is good for people to remain as they are. 27 Do you have a wife? Don’t seek a divorce. Are you divorced from your wife? Don’t look for another one. 28 But if you do get married, you have not sinned. If a virgin gets married, she has not sinned. However, these people will have trouble, and I would like to spare them from that.
29 This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time has been shortened. While it lasts, those who are married should live as though they were not. 30 Those who have eyes filled with tears should live as though they have no sorrow. Those who are happy should live as though there was nothing to be happy about. Those who buy something should live as though they didn’t own it. 31 Those who use the things in this world should do so but not depend on them. It is clear that this world in its present form is passing away.
32 So I don’t want you to have any concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, that is, about how he can please the Lord. 33 But the married man is concerned about earthly things, that is, about how he can please his wife. 34 His attention is divided.
An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the Lord’s things so that she may be holy in body and in spirit. But the married woman is concerned about earthly things, that is, about how she can please her husband. 35 I’m saying this for your benefit, not to restrict you. I’m showing you how to live a noble life of devotion to the Lord without being distracted by other things.
36 No father would want to do the wrong thing when his virgin daughter is old enough to get married. If she wants to get married, he isn’t sinning by letting her get married. 37 However, a father may have come to a decision about his daughter. If his decision is to keep her at home because she doesn’t want to get married, that’s fine. 38 So it’s fine for a father to give his daughter in marriage, but the father who doesn’t give his daughter in marriage does even better.
39 A married woman must remain with her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but only if the man is a Christian.[a] 40 However, she will be more blessed if she stays as she is. That is my opinion, and I think that I, too, have God’s Spirit.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 7:39 Or “only as the Lord guides her.”
1 Corinteni 7
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
1 Corinteni 7
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Despre căsătorie
7 Cu privire la lucrurile despre care mi-aţi scris, eu cred că este bine(A) ca omul să nu se atingă de femeie. 2 Totuşi, din pricina curviei, fiecare bărbat să-şi aibă nevasta lui şi fiecare femeie să-şi aibă bărbatul ei. 3 Bărbatul(B) să-şi împlinească faţă de nevastă datoria de soţ şi tot aşa să facă şi nevasta faţă de bărbat. 4 Nevasta nu este stăpână pe trupul ei, ci bărbatul. Tot astfel, nici bărbatul nu este stăpân peste trupul lui, ci nevasta. 5 Să(C) nu vă lipsiţi unul pe altul de datoria de soţi, decât doar prin bună învoială, pentru un timp, ca să vă îndeletniciţi cu postul şi cu rugăciunea, apoi să vă împreunaţi iarăşi, ca să(D) nu vă ispitească Satana din pricina nestăpânirii voastre. 6 Lucrul acesta îl spun ca o îngăduinţă; nu(E) fac din el o poruncă. 7 Eu aş(F) vrea ca toţi oamenii să fie ca(G) mine, dar(H) fiecare are de la Dumnezeu darul lui: unul într-un fel, altul într-altul. 8 Celor neînsuraţi şi văduvelor, le spun că este bine(I) pentru ei să rămână ca mine. 9 Dar, dacă(J) nu se pot înfrâna, să se căsătorească, pentru că este mai bine să se căsătorească decât să ardă. 10 Celor căsătoriţi, le poruncesc, nu(K) eu, ci Domnul, ca nevasta(L) să nu se despartă de bărbat. 11 (Dacă este despărţită, să rămână nemăritată sau să se împace cu bărbatul ei.) Şi nici bărbatul să nu-şi lase nevasta.
Despărţirea între soţii credincioşi şi cei necredincioşi
12 Celorlalţi le zic eu, nu(M) Domnul: Dacă un frate are o nevastă necredincioasă şi ea voieşte să trăiască înainte cu el, să nu se despartă de ea. 13 Şi dacă o femeie are un bărbat necredincios şi el voieşte să trăiască înainte cu ea, să nu se despartă de bărbatul ei. 14 Căci bărbatul necredincios este sfinţit prin nevasta credincioasă şi nevasta necredincioasă este sfinţită prin fratele; altminterea, copiii voştri ar(N) fi necuraţi, pe când acum sunt sfinţi. 15 Dacă cel necredincios vrea să se despartă, să se despartă; în împrejurarea aceasta, fratele sau sora nu este legat: Dumnezeu ne-a chemat să trăim în(O) pace. 16 Căci ce ştii tu, nevastă, dacă îţi vei mântui(P) bărbatul? Sau ce ştii tu, bărbate, dacă îţi vei mântui nevasta?
Fiecare la locul lui
17 Încolo, fiecare să rămână în starea în care l-a aşezat Domnul şi în care l-a chemat Dumnezeu. Aceasta(Q) este rânduiala pe care am aşezat-o în toate bisericile. 18 Dacă cineva a fost chemat pe când era tăiat împrejur, să rămână tăiat împrejur. Dacă cineva a fost chemat pe când era netăiat împrejur, să nu se taie împrejur(R). 19 Tăierea împrejur(S) nu este nimic şi netăierea împrejur nu este nimic, ci(T) păzirea poruncilor lui Dumnezeu. 20 Fiecare să rămână în chemarea pe care o avea când a fost chemat. 21 Ai fost chemat când erai rob? Să nu te nelinişteşti de lucrul acesta, dar, dacă poţi să ajungi slobod, foloseşte-te. 22 Căci robul chemat în Domnul este un(U) slobozit al Domnului. Tot aşa, cel slobod care a fost chemat este un rob(V) al lui Hristos. 23 Voi aţi fost cumpăraţi cu(W) un preţ. Nu vă faceţi dar robi oamenilor. 24 Fiecare(X), fraţilor, să rămână cu Dumnezeu în starea în care era când a fost chemat.
Despre fetele fecioare
25 Cât despre fecioare, n-am(Y) o poruncă din partea Domnului. Le dau însă un sfat, ca unul care(Z) am căpătat de la Domnul harul să fiu(AA) vrednic de crezare. 26 Iată dar ce cred eu că este bine, având în vedere strâmtorarea de acum: este(AB) bine pentru fiecare să rămână aşa cum este. 27 Eşti legat de o nevastă? Nu căuta să fii dezlegat. Nu eşti legat de o nevastă? Nu căuta nevastă. 28 Însă, dacă te însori, nu păcătuieşti. Dacă fecioara se mărită, nu păcătuieşte. Dar fiinţele acestea vor avea necazuri pământeşti, şi eu aş vrea să vi le cruţ. 29 Iată ce vreau să spun, fraţilor: de acum vremea s-a scurtat. Spun lucrul acesta(AC), pentru ca cei ce au neveste să fie ca şi cum n-ar avea; 30 cei ce plâng, ca şi cum n-ar plânge; cei ce se bucură, ca şi cum nu s-ar bucura; cei ce cumpără, ca şi cum n-ar stăpâni; 31 cei ce se folosesc de lumea aceasta, ca şi cum nu s-ar(AD) folosi de ea, căci(AE) chipul lumii acesteia trece. 32 Dar eu aş vrea ca voi să fiţi fără griji. Cine(AF) nu este însurat se îngrijeşte de lucrurile Domnului cum ar putea să placă Domnului. 33 Dar cine este însurat se îngrijeşte de lucrurile lumii cum să placă nevestei. 34 Tot aşa, între femeia măritată şi fecioară este o deosebire: cea nemăritată se(AG) îngrijeşte de lucrurile Domnului, ca să fie sfântă şi cu trupul, şi cu duhul, iar cea măritată se îngrijeşte de lucrurile lumii cum să placă bărbatului ei. 35 Vă spun lucrul acesta pentru binele vostru, nu ca să vă prind într-un laţ, ci pentru ceea ce este frumos şi ca să puteţi sluji Domnului fără piedici. 36 Dacă crede cineva că este ruşinos pentru fata lui să treacă de floarea vârstei şi nevoia cere aşa, să facă ce vrea: nu păcătuieşte, să se mărite. 37 Dar cine a luat o hotărâre tare şi nu este nevoit, ci este slobod să lucreze cum vrea, şi a hotărât în inima lui să-şi păstreze pe fiică-sa fecioară face bine. 38 Astfel(AH), cine îşi mărită fata bine face, şi cine n-o mărită mai bine face. 39 O femeie(AI) măritată este legată de lege câtă vreme îi trăieşte bărbatul, dar dacă-i moare bărbatul, este slobodă să se mărite cu cine vrea; numai în(AJ) Domnul. 40 Dar, după(AK) părerea mea, va fi mai fericită dacă rămâne aşa cum este. Şi cred(AL) că şi eu am Duhul lui Dumnezeu.
1 Corinthians 7
New International Version
1 Corinthians 7
New International Version
Concerning Married Life
7 Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”(A) 2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. 3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife,(B) and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. 5 Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time,(C) so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan(D) will not tempt you(E) because of your lack of self-control. 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.(F) 7 I wish that all of you were as I am.(G) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(H)
8 Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(I) 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,(J) for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.(K) 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.(L) And a husband must not divorce his wife.
12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord):(M) If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.(N)
15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.(O) 16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save(P) your husband?(Q) Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
Concerning Change of Status
17 Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them.(R) This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.(S) 18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.(T) 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing.(U) Keeping God’s commands is what counts. 20 Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(V)
21 Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person;(W) similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.(X) 23 You were bought at a price;(Y) do not become slaves of human beings. 24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(Z)
Concerning the Unmarried
25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord,(AA) but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy(AB) is trustworthy. 26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.(AC) 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.(AD) 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned;(AE) and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.(AF) From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; 30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.(AG)
32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs(AH)—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.(AI) But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. 35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided(AJ) devotion to the Lord.
36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong[b] and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning.(AK) They should get married. 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, he who marries the virgin does right,(AL) but he who does not marry her does better.[c]
39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives.(AM) But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.(AN) 40 In my judgment,(AO) she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers
- 1 Corinthians 7:36 Or if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage
- 1 Corinthians 7:38 Or 36 If anyone thinks he is not treating his daughter properly, and if she is getting along in years (or if her passions are too strong), and he feels she ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. He should let her get married. 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 to keep the virgin unmarried—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, he who gives his virgin in marriage does right, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.
1 Corinthians 7
King James Version
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.
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