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1 Korinthierbrevet 7
Svenska Folkbibeln
1 Korinthierbrevet 7
Svenska Folkbibeln
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7 I fråga om det ni skrev svarar jag: Det är visserligen bäst för en man att inte röra en kvinna. 2 Men för att undvika otuktssynder skall varje man ha sin hustru och varje hustru sin man. 3 Mannen skall ge sin hustru vad han är skyldig henne och på samma sätt hustrun sin man. 4 Hustrun bestämmer inte över sin kropp, det gör mannen. På samma sätt bestämmer inte mannen över sin kropp, det gör hustrun. 5 Håll er inte borta från varandra utom möjligen för en tid med bådas samtycke, så att ni kan ägna er åt bönen. Och kom sedan tillsammans igen, så att Satan inte frestar er, eftersom ni inte kan leva avhållsamt. 6 Men detta ger jag som ett råd,[a] inte som en befallning. 7 Helst skulle jag vilja att alla människor vore som jag. Men var och en har sin gåva från Gud, den ene av ett slag, den andre av ett annat.
Ogift ställning och skilsmässa
8 Till de ogifta och änkorna säger jag att det är bäst för dem om de förblir som jag. 9 Men om de inte kan leva avhållsamt skall de gifta sig, eftersom det är bättre att gifta sig än att vara upptänd av begär. 10 De gifta ger jag en befallning som inte är min utan Herrens:[b] En hustru får inte skilja sig från sin man - 11 skiljer hon sig skall hon förbli ogift eller försona sig med sin man - och en man får inte överge sin hustru.
Gift med en hedning
12 Till de andra säger jag, inte Herren: om en broder har en hustru som inte är troende och hon är villig att leva med honom, får han inte överge henne. 13 Och om en hustru har en man som inte är troende och han är villig att leva med henne, får hon inte överge honom. 14 Ty mannen som inte tror är helgad genom sin hustru, och hustrun som inte tror är helgad genom sin troende man. Annars vore era barn orena, men nu är de heliga. 15 Men om den otroende vill skiljas, så låt honom göra det. I sådana fall är brodern eller systern inte bunden som en slav. Gud har kallat er att leva fredligt tillsammans. 16 Vet du då, hustru, om du kommer att frälsa din man, och vet du, man, om du kommer att frälsa din hustru?
Stå kvar i kallelsen
17 Bara det vet vi, att var och en skall leva i den ställning som Herren har tilldelat honom, då Gud kallade honom. Detta föreskriver jag i alla församlingar. 18 Blev någon kallad som omskuren, skall han inte försöka att dölja det. Blev någon kallad som oomskuren, skall han inte låta omskära sig. 19 Det har ingen betydelse om någon är omskuren eller oomskuren. Vad som betyder något är att man håller Guds bud. 20 Var och en skall bli kvar i den ställning han hade när han blev kallad. 21 Blev du kallad som slav, så sörj inte över det. Även om du kan bli fri, så förbli hellre slav. 22 Ty den som var slav när han blev kallad av Herren, är en Herrens frigivne, och den som var fri när han blev kallad, är en Kristi slav. 23 Ni har blivit köpta och priset är betalt. Var inte slavar under människor. 24 Bröder, var och en skall inför Gud förbli vad han var när han blev kallad.
Ogift eller gift
25 I fråga om de kvinnor som lever ogifta har jag ingen befallning från Herren, men jag ger ett råd såsom den som genom Herrens barmhärtighet är trovärdig. 26 Jag menar då att i det svåra läge som nu råder är det bäst för en människa att förbli som hon är. 27 Är du bunden vid en hustru, försök då inte att bli fri. Är du inte bunden, så försök inte att få hustru. 28 Men även om du gifter dig syndar du inte, och om en ogift kvinna gifter sig syndar hon inte. Sådana kommer dock att få utstå lidanden, och jag vill skona er. 29 Men det säger jag er, bröder: Tiden är kort. Även de som har en hustru skall nu leva som om de ingen hade, 30 och de som gråter som om de inte grät, de som gläder sig som om de inte gladde sig, de som köper något som om de inte kunde behålla det, 31 och de som använder sig av den här världen som om de inte fick ut något av den. Ty världen, sådan den är, går mot sin undergång, 32 och jag vill att ni skall vara fria från bekymmer. Den ogifte är angelägen om det som tillhör Herren, hur han skall göra som Herren vill. 33 Den gifte är angelägen om det som tillhör världen, hur han skall vara sin hustru till lags, 34 och så blir han splittrad. Den ogifta kvinnan, jungfrun, tänker på det som tillhör Herren, att hon skall vara helig både till kropp och själ, men den gifta kvinnan tänker på det som tillhör världen, hur hon skall vara sin man till lags. 35 Detta säger jag för ert eget bästa, inte för att snärja er, utan för att ni skall leva anständigt och stadigt hålla er till Herren och inte slitas hit och dit.
36 Men om någon[c] tror sig handla orätt mot sin ogifta dotter som är giftasvuxen och vill gifta sig,[d] då skall han göra henne till viljes. Han syndar inte. Låt dem gifta sig. 37 Den däremot som är fast i sitt sinne och inte står under tvång,[e] utan kan handla fritt efter sin egen vilja och har föresatt sig att låta sin dotter förbli ogift, han gör något som är bra. 38 Alltså: den som gifter bort sin ogifta dotter gör något bra, och den som inte gifter bort henne gör något som är ännu bättre.
39 En hustru är bunden så länge hennes man lever. Men om mannen dör, är hon fri att gifta om sig med vem hon vill, bara det sker i Herren. 40 Men lyckligare är hon om hon förblir som hon är. Det är min mening, och jag tror att också jag har Guds Ande.[f]
Footnotes
- 1 Korinthierbrevet 7:6 Men detta ger jag som ett råd Syftar på apostelns ord om äkta makars överenskomna avhållsamhet. Vad han skriver i v. 2-4 säger han däremot som en befallning.
- 1 Korinthierbrevet 7:10 Herrens Se Matt 5:32, 19:9.
- 1 Korinthierbrevet 7:36 Men om någon Det är här fråga om fadern, som är tveksam om han skall gifta bort sin ogifta dotter (ordagrant: "sin flicka").
- 1 Korinthierbrevet 7:36 och vill gifta sig Ordagrant: "och så bör ske".
- 1 Korinthierbrevet 7:37 och inte står under tvång Dvs att dottern själv är villig att förbli ogift.
- 1 Korinthierbrevet 7:40 jag tror att också jag har Guds Ande Med denna retoriskt blygsamma formulering uttrycker aposteln att han verkligen har Guds Ande.
1 Corinthians 7
New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Corinthians 7
New American Standard Bible 1995
Teaching on Marriage
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 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 by way of concession, (D)not of 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 in this manner, and another in 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 [g]send her husband away. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through [h]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 under bondage in such cases, but God has called [i]us [j](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 [k]condition in which he was called.
21 Were you called while a slave? [l]Do not worry about it; but if you are able also to become free, rather [m]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 Brethren, (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 [n](AA)by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy. 26 I think then that this is good in view of the [o]present (AB)distress, that (AC)it is good for a man [p]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 [q]trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you. 29 But this I say, brethren, (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 weep, as though they did not weep; 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 are 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 This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but [r]to promote what is appropriate and to secure 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 [s]her marry. 37 But he who stands firm in his heart, [t]being under no constraint, but has authority [u]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 [v]is dead, 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 reads 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 7:13 Or leave her husband
- 1 Corinthians 7:14 Lit the brother
- 1 Corinthians 7:15 One early ms reads 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 tribulation in the flesh
- 1 Corinthians 7:35 Lit for what is seemly
- 1 Corinthians 7:36 Lit them
- 1 Corinthians 7:37 Lit having no necessity
- 1 Corinthians 7:37 Lit pertaining to
- 1 Corinthians 7:39 Lit falls asleep
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.
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.
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