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Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now as to the matters of which you wrote: It is good (beneficial, advantageous) for a man not to touch a woman [outside marriage].
Now as to the matters of which you wrote me. It is well [and by that I mean advantageous, expedient, profitable, and wholesome] for a man not to touch a woman [to cohabit with her] but to remain unmarried.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now in response to the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
Now, about what you wrote: “It’s good for a man not to have sex with a woman.”
Now to deal with the questions you wrote about: “Is it good for a man to keep away from women?”
Now I will answer the questions you asked in your letter. You asked, “Is it best for people not to marry?”
But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman;
Now concerning the things which you wrote— It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now I will discuss the things you wrote me about. You asked if it is better for a man not to have any sexual relations at all.
You wrote to ask me about certain things. You say, ‘It is a good thing when a man does not marry.’
Now concerning the things you wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
Now ·I will discuss [L concerning] the things you wrote me about [C in a letter from the Corinthians; see 8:1; 12:1; 16:1]. It is good for a man not to ·have sexual relations with [L touch; C a euphemism for sex] a woman [C probably another slogan (6:12; 8:1, 4; 10:23) asserting that a celibate lifestyle was spiritually superior].
Entreating here of marriage, 4 which is a remedy against fornication, 10 and may not be broken, 18, 20 he willeth every man to live contented with his lot. 25 He showeth what the end of virginity should be, 35 and who ought to marry. Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me, It were good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now, concerning the things that you wrote about: It’s good for men not to get married.
Now, to deal with the matters you wrote about. A man does well not to marry.
Now in response to the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have relations with a woman.”
Now I will discuss the things you wrote to me about. It is good for a man not to marry.
Now about what you asked: “Is it advisable for a man not to touch a woman inappropriately?”
Now let me deal with the questions raised in your letter. It is a good principle for a man to have no physical contact with women. Nevertheless, because casual liaisons are so prevalent, let every man have his own wife and every woman her own husband.
¶ Now concerning the things of which ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”
Now about those questions you asked in your last letter: my answer is that if you do not marry, it is good.
Now, getting down to the questions you asked in your letter to me. First, Is it a good thing to have sexual relations?
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”
Now concerning the matters you wrote about. Yes, “It is good for a man not to have sexual contact with a woman.”
Now, concerning the things that you wrote about: It’s good for men not to get married.
Now in regard to the matters about which you wrote: “It is a good thing for a man not to touch a woman,”
Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now I will move on to the matters about which you wrote. Yes, it is a good thing for a man to refrain from touching a woman.
Now I will discuss the things you wrote me about. It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.
Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
Now I want to deal with the things you wrote me about. Some of you say, “It is good for a man not to sleep with a woman.”
Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
Now for the matters you wrote about: ‘It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.’
Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
You asked me some questions in your letter. This is my answer. It is good if a man does not get married.
Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations.
As for the things you wrote to me about: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: ‘It is well for a man not to touch a woman.’
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: ‘It is well for a man not to touch a woman.’
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is well for a man not to touch a woman.”
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”
Let me now turn to the matters you wrote about. “It is good for a man to have no sexual contact with a woman.”
Now, concerning the things in your iggeret, let’s take up the next inyan (topic): “it is beneficial for a man not to touch an isha” [i.e., postpone the chasunoh (wedding)].
Now, concerning the things about which you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now to the topics you raised in your last letter. Some have said, “It is better for a man to abstain from having sex with his wife.”
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
You wrote me a letter. Here is my answer to the things in the letter. It is good if a man has nothing to do with a woman.
But of those things that ye have written to me, it is good to a man to touch not a woman [it is good to a man for to not touch a woman].
And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good [it is] for a man not to touch a woman,
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