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Principles for Marriage
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.”
But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs.
For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband gives authority over his body to his wife.
Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer. Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won’t be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
But I wish everyone were single, just as I am. Yet each person has a special gift from God, of one kind or another.
To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am.
So I say to those who aren’t married and to widows — it’s better to stay unmarried, just as I am.
But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
But if they can’t control themselves, they should go ahead and marry. It’s better to marry than to burn with lust.
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband
(but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.
But if she does leave him, let her remain single or else be reconciled to him. And the husband must not leave his wife.
To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.
And if a believing woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to continue living with her, she must not leave him.
For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
Don’t you wives realize that your husbands might be saved because of you? And don’t you husbands realize that your wives might be saved because of you?
Each of you should continue to live in whatever situation the Lord has placed you, and remain as you were when God first called you. This is my rule for all the churches.
Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision.
For instance, a man who was circumcised before he became a believer should not try to reverse it. And the man who was uncircumcised when he became a believer should not be circumcised now.
For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.
For it makes no difference whether or not a man has been circumcised. The important thing is to keep God’s commandments.
Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.
Yes, each of you should remain as you were when God called you.
Are you a slave? Don’t let that worry you — but if you get a chance to be free, take it.
For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ.
And remember, if you were a slave when the Lord called you, you are now free in the Lord. And if you were free when the Lord called you, you are now a slave of Christ.
You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men.
Now regarding your question about the young women who are not yet married. I do not have a command from the Lord for them. But the Lord in his mercy has given me wisdom that can be trusted, and I will share it with you.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
If you have a wife, do not seek to end the marriage. If you do not have a wife, do not seek to get married.
But if you do get married, it is not a sin. And if a young woman gets married, it is not a sin. However, those who get married at this time will have troubles, and I am trying to spare you those problems.
This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
But let me say this, dear brothers and sisters: The time that remains is very short. So from now on, those with wives should not focus only on their marriage.
and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods,
Those who weep or who rejoice or who buy things should not be absorbed by their weeping or their joy or their possessions.
and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
Those who use the things of the world should not become attached to them. For this world as we know it will soon pass away.
I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
I want you to be free from the concerns of this life. An unmarried man can spend his time doing the Lord’s work and thinking how to please him.
But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,
But a married man has to think about his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife.
and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.
His interests are divided. In the same way, a woman who is no longer married or has never been married can be devoted to the Lord and holy in body and in spirit. But a married woman has to think about her earthly responsibilities and how to please her husband.
I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.
I am saying this for your benefit, not to place restrictions on you. I want you to do whatever will help you serve the Lord best, with as few distractions as possible.
But if a man thinks that he’s treating his fianc�e improperly and will inevitably give in to his passion, let him marry her as he wishes. It is not a sin.
But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.
But if he has decided firmly not to marry and there is no urgency and he can control his passion, he does well not to marry.
So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.
So the person who marries his fianc�e does well, and the person who doesn’t marry does even better.
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.