1 Corinto 7
Ang Salita ng Diyos
Ang Pag-aasawa
7 Patungkol sa mga bagay na isinulat ninyo sa akin, mabuti para sa isang lalaki na hindi niya hahawakan ang isang babae.
2 Gayunman, upang maiwasan ang pakikiapid, makapag-asawa nawa ang bawat lalaki at gayundin nawa ang bawat babae. 3 Dapat gampanan ng lalaki ang tungkulin niya sa kaniyang asawa at gayundin ang babae sa kaniyang asawa. 4 Ang asawang babae ay walang kapamahalaan sa sarili niyang katawan kundi ang lalaki. Gayundin ang lalaki, wala siyang kapamahalaan sa sarili niyang katawan kundi ang babae. 5 Huwag magkait ang sinuman sa isa’t isa maliban na lang kung napagkasunduan sa ilang panahon. Ito ay upang maiukol ninyo ang inyong sarili sa pag-aayuno at pananalangin. Pagkatapos noon ay magsamang muli upang hindi kayo matukso ni Satanas dahil sa inyong kawalan ng pagpipigil. 6 Ito ay sinasabi ko bilang pagpapahintulot at hindi bilang pag-uutos. 7 Ibig ko sana na ang lahat ng lalaki ay maging tulad ko, ngunit ang bawat isa ay may kani-kaniyang kaloob mula sa Diyos. Ang isa ay may kaloob sa ganitong bagay at ang isa ay may kaloob sa ganoong bagay.
8 Sa mga walang asawa at sa mga balo ay sinasabi ko: Mabuti para sa kanila ang manatili sa kalagayang tulad ko. 9 Ngunit kung hindi sila makapagpigil, hayaan silang mag-asawa sapagkat higit na mabuti ang mag-asawa kaysa mag-alab sa matinding pagnanasa.
10 Sa mga may asawa ay iniuutos ko: Huwag humiwalay ang asawang babae sa kaniyang asawa. Hindi ako ang nag-uutos nito kundi ang Panginoon. 11 Kung siya ay humiwalay, huwag siyang mag-aasawa o kaya ay makipagkasundo siya sa kaniyang asawang lalaki. Huwag palayasin ng asawang lalaki ang kaniyang asawa.
12 Nangungusap ako sa iba, hindi ang Panginoon kundi ako: Kung ang sinumang kapatid na lalaki ay may asawang hindi sumasampalataya, huwag palayasin ng lalaki ang asawang babae. Ito ay kung sumasang-ayonang babae na manahang kasama ng lalaki. 13 Ang babae na may asawang hindi sumasampalataya ay huwag humiwalay sa asawang lalaki. Ito ay kung sumasang-ayon siyang manahang kasama ng babae. 14 Ito ay sapagkat ang asawang lalaki na hindi sumasampalataya ay pinababanal sa pamamagitan ng asawang babae. Ang asawang babae na hindi sumasampalataya ay pinababanal ng asawanglalaki. Kung hindi gayon, ang inyong mga anak ay marurumi, ngunit ngayon sila ay mga banal.
15 Kung ang hindi sumasampalataya ay humiwalay, hayaan siyang humiwalay. Ang kapatid na lalaki o kapatid na babae ay hindi na sa ilalim ng pagpapaalipin sa ganoong kalalagayan. Ngunit tayo ay tinawag ng Diyos na mamuhay sa kapayapaan. 16 Alam mo ba, ikaw na babae, na baka ikaw ang makadala sa iyong asawa patungo sa kaligtasan? Alam mo ba, ikaw na lalaki, na baka ikaw ang makadala sa iyong asawa patungo sa kaligtasan?
17 Ngunit kung ano nga ang itinakda ng Diyos sa bawat tao, mamuhay nawa siya ng ganoon. Kung paano tinawag ng Panginoon ang bawat isa, gayundin ang tagubilin ko sa mga iglesiya. 18 Mayroon bang tinatawag sa pagiging nasa pagtutuli? Huwag siyang maging hindi tuli. Mayroon bang tinatawag sa hindi pagiging nasa pagtutuli? Huwag siyang gawing tuli. 19 Ang pagtutuli ay walang halaga, ang hindi pagtutuli ay walang halaga. Ang mahalaga ay ang pagsunod sa utos ng Diyos. 20 Ang bawat tao ay manatili sa pagkatawag sa kaniya. 21 Tinawag ka ba na alipin? Huwag mong ikabahala iyon. Kung maaari kang maging malaya, gamitin mo ang kalayaang iyon. 22 Ito ay sapagkat siya na tinawag na isang alipin sa Panginoon ay malaya sa Panginoon. Gayundin siya na tinawag na isang malaya sa Panginoon ay isang alipin ni Cristo. 23 Kayo ay biniling may halaga, huwag kayong paalipin sa mga tao. 24 Mga kapatid, ang bawat tao ay panatilihing kasama ng Diyos sa tawag naitinawag sa kaniya.
25 Patungkol sa mga dalaga, wala akong utos na mula sa Diyos, gayunman ay magbibigay ako ng payo bilang isang taong nakatanggap mula sa Diyos ng habag na maging matapat. 26 Dahil sa kasalukuyang pangangailangan, sa aking palagay ay ito ang mabuti. Mabuti para sa isang lalaki ang manatiling ganito. 27 May asawa ka ba? Kung mayroon, huwagmo nang hangaring makipaghiwalay. Hiwalay ka ba sa iyong asawa? Huwag mo nang hangaring mag-asawang muli. 28 Kapag ikaw ay nag-asawa, hindi ka nagkasala. Kapag ang isang dalaga ay nag-asawa, hindi siya nagkasala. Ngunit, ang mga may asawa ay daranas ng kahirapan sa buhay, ngunit ang hangad ko ay makaligtas kayo sa bagay na ito.
29 Mga kapatid, ito ang sasabihin ko: Maikli na ang panahon, kaya mula ngayon, ang mga may asawa ay maging tulad nang mga walang asawa. 30 Ang mga nananangis ay maging parang mga hindi nananangis, ang mga nagagalak ay maging parang mga hindi nagagalak. Ang mga bumibili ay maging parang mga walang naging pag-aari. 31 Ang mga nagtatamasa ng mga bagay sa sanlibutang ito ay maging parang mga hindi nagtamasa ng lubos sapagkat ang kaanyuan ng sanlibutang ito ay lumilipas.
32 Ngunit ibig kong maging malaya kayo sa mga alalahanin. Ang walang asawa ay nagsusumikap sa mga bagay para sa Panginoon, kung papaano niya mabibigyang lugod ang Panginoon. 33 Ang lalaking may asawa ay nagsusumikap sa mga bagay ng sanlibutang ito kung papaano niya mabibigyang lugod ang kaniyang asawa. 34 Magkaiba ang babaeng may asawa at ang babaeng walang asawa. Ang babaeng walang asawa ay nagsusumikap sa mga bagay para sa Panginoon upang siya ay maging banal, kapwa ang kaniyang katawan at ang kaniyang espiritu. Ngunit ang babaeng may asawa ay nagsusumikap sa mga bagay ng sanlibutang ito kung papaano niya mabibigyang lugod ang kaniyang asawa. 35 Sinasabi ko ito para sa inyong ikabubuti, hindi sa inuumangan ko kayo ng patibong kundi upang magawa ninyo ang nararapat. Ito rin ay upang mapaglingkuran ninyo ang Panginoon ng walang anumang nakakagambala.
36 Kung ang isang lalaki ay nag-aakalang hindi nararapat ang kaniyang asal sa babaeng kaniyang magiging asawa, o kung inaakala ng babaeng kaniyang magiging asawa na siya ay nakalagpas na sa kaniyang kabataan o kung inaakala niyang gayon ang dapat na mangyari, gawin na niya ang dapat niyang gawin. Sa bagay na ito ay hindi siya nagkakasala. 37 Ngunit, mabuti ang kaniyang ginagawa kung mayroon siyang paninindigan sa kaniyang puso, hindi dahil sa kinakailangan, kundi dahil sa may kapamahalaan siya sa sarili niyang kalooban. At ito ay pinagpasiyahan niya sa kaniyang puso na panatilihin niyang gayon ang kaniyang magiging asawa. 38 Mabuti kung ang lalaki ay magpakasal, ngunit higit na mabuti kung hindi siya magpakasal.
39 Ang asawang babae ay nakabuklod sa pamamagitan ng batas sa kaniyang asawa hanggang ang lalaki ay nabubuhay. Kapag ang lalaki ay namatay, ang babae ay may kalayaang magpakasal sa sinumang ibig niya, ngunit ito ay dapat ayon sa kalooban ng Panginoon. 40 Kung siya ay mananatiling walang asawa ayon sa aking payo, siya ay higit na masaya at sa aking palagay ang Espiritu ng Diyos ay nasa akin.
1 Corinthians 7
Legacy Standard Bible
Concerning Marriage and Singleness
7 Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is (A)good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But because of sexual immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband. 3 The husband must [a]fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 (B)Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and [b]come together again so that (C)Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 But this I say as a concession, (D)not as a command. 7 [c]Yet I wish that all men were (E)even as I myself am. However, (F)each man has his own gift from God, one this way, and another that.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is (G)good for them if they remain (H)even as I. 9 But if they do not have self-control, (I)let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 But to the married I give instructions, (J)not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not [d]leave her husband 11 (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not [e]divorce his wife.
12 But to the rest (K)I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not [f]divorce her. 13 And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce her husband. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through [g]her believing husband. For otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are (L)holy. 15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave. The brother or the sister is not enslaved in such cases, but God has called [h]us [i](M)to peace. 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will (N)save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 Only, (O)as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And (P)so I direct in (Q)all the churches. 18 Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? (R)He is not to be circumcised. 19 (S)Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is (T)the keeping of the commandments of God. 20 (U)Each man must remain in that [j]condition in which he was called.
21 Were you called while a slave? [k]Do not worry about it. But if you are able also to become free, rather [l]do that. 22 For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is (V)the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who was called while free, is (W)Christ’s slave. 23 (X)You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. 24 Brothers, (Y)each one is to remain with God in that condition in which he was called.
25 Now concerning virgins I have (Z)no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who [m](AA)by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy. 26 I think then that this is good because of the [n]present (AB)distress, that (AC)it is good for a man [o]to remain as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have [p]trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you. 29 But this I say, brothers, (AD)the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none; 30 and those who cry, as though they did not cry; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess; 31 and those who use the world, as though they did not (AE)make full use of it. For (AF)the form of this world is passing away.
32 But I want you to be free from concern. One who is (AG)unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. 33 But one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, 34 and his interests have been divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit. But one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 Now this I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint upon you, but [q]to promote propriety and undistracted devotion to the Lord.
36 But if any man thinks that he is acting unbecomingly toward his virgin daughter, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let [r]her marry. 37 But he who stands firm in his heart, [s]being under no compulsion, but has authority [t]over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, he will do well. 38 So then both he who gives his own virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
39 (AH)A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband has [u]fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only (AI)in the Lord. 40 But (AJ)in my opinion she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 7:3 Lit render
- 1 Corinthians 7:5 Lit be
- 1 Corinthians 7:7 One early ms For
- 1 Corinthians 7:10 Lit depart from
- 1 Corinthians 7:11 Or leave his wife
- 1 Corinthians 7:12 Or leave her
- 1 Corinthians 7:14 Lit the brother
- 1 Corinthians 7:15 One early ms you
- 1 Corinthians 7:15 Lit in
- 1 Corinthians 7:20 Lit calling
- 1 Corinthians 7:21 Lit Let it not be a care to you
- 1 Corinthians 7:21 Lit use
- 1 Corinthians 7:25 Lit has had mercy shown on him by the Lord to be trustworthy
- 1 Corinthians 7:26 Or impending
- 1 Corinthians 7:26 Lit so to be
- 1 Corinthians 7:28 Lit affliction in the flesh
- 1 Corinthians 7:35 Lit for what is seemly
- 1 Corinthians 7:36 Lit them; the virgin daughter and her fiancé
- 1 Corinthians 7:37 Lit having no necessity
- 1 Corinthians 7:37 Lit pertaining to
- 1 Corinthians 7:39 Or died
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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