DB1 | Problems concerning Marriage 1Cor.7.1-16 | NEB Contents | notes| 7 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 7 1 | AND NOW for the matters you wrote about. It is a good thing for a man to have nothing to do with women; Or: You say, 'It is a good thing ... women; ... | Problems concerning Marriage 1Cor.7.1-16 | Περὶ δὲ ὧν ἐγράψατε, καλὸν ἀνθρώπῳ γυναικὸς μὴ ἀπτεσθαι· |
| 2 | but because there is so much immorality, let each man have his own wife and each woman her own husband. | διὰ δὲ τὰς πορνείας ἑκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐχέτω, καὶ ἑκάστη τὸν ἰδιον ἀνδρα ἐχέτω. | |
| 3 | The husband must give the wife what is due to her, and the wife equally must give the husband his due. | τῇ γυναικὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀφειλὴν ἀποδιδότω, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ τῷ ἀνδρί. | |
| 4 | The wife cannot claim her body as her own; it is her husband's. Equally, the husband cannot claim his body as his own; it is his wife's. | ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ ἰδίου σώματος οὐκ ἐξουσιάζει ἀλλὰ ὁ ἀνήρ· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ τοῦ ἰδίου σώματος οὐκ ἐξουσιάζει ἀλλὰ ἡ γυνή. | |
| 5 | Do not deny yourselves to one another, except when you agree upon a temporary abstinence in order to devote yourselves to prayer; afterwards you may come together again; otherwise, for lack of self-control, you may be tempted by Satan. | μὴ ἀποστερεῖτε ἀλλήλους, εἰ μήτι ἂν ἐκ συμφώνου πρὸς καιρὸν ἵνα σχολάσητε τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ πάλιν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἦτε, ἵνα μὴ πειράζῃ ὑμᾶς ὁ Σατανᾶς διὰ τὴν ἀκρασίαν ὑμῶν. | |
| 6 | All this I say by way of concession, not command. | τοῦτο δὲ λέγω κατὰ συγγνώμην, οὐ κατ' ἐπιταγήν. | |
| 7 | I should like you all to be as I am myself; but everyone has the gift God has granted him, one this gift and another that. | θέλω δὲ πάντας ἀνθρώπους εἶναι ὡς καὶ ἐμαυτόν· ἀλλὰ ἑκαστος ἰδιον ἐχει χάρισμα ἐκ θεοῦ, ὁ μὲν οὑτως, ὁ δὲ οὑτως. | |
| 8 | To the unmarried and to widows I say this: it is a good thing if they stay as I am myself; | Λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις, καλὸν αὐτοῖς ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ· | |
| 9 | but if they cannot control themselves, they should marry. Better be married than burn with vain desire. | εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἐγκρατεύονται γαμησάτωσαν, κρεῖττον γάρ ἐστιν γαμῆσαι ἢ πυροῦσθαι. | |
| 10 | To the married I give this ruling, which is not mine but the Lord's: a wife must not separate herself from her husband; | τοῖς δὲ γεγαμηκόσιν παραγγέλλω, οὐκ ἐγὼ ἀλλὰ ὁ κύριος, γυναῖκα ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς μὴ χωρισθῆναι | |
| 11 | if she does, she must either remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband; and the husband must not divorce his wife. | - ἐὰν δὲ καὶ χωρισθῇ, μενέτω ἀγαμος ἢ τῷ ἀνδρὶ καταλλαγήτω - καὶ ἀνδρα γυναῖκα μὴ ἀφιέναι. | |
| 12 | To the rest I say this, as my own word, not as the Lord's: if a Christian has a heathen wife, and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her; | Τοῖς δὲ λοιποῖς λέγω ἐγώ, οὐχ ὁ κύριος· εἰ τις ἀδελφὸς γυναῖκα ἐχει ἀπιστον, καὶ αὑτη συνευδοκεῖ οἰκεῖν μετ' αὐτοῦ, μὴ ἀφιέτω αὐτήν· | |
| 13 | and a woman who has a heathen husband willing to live with her must not divorce her husband. | καὶ γυνὴ εἰ τις ἐχει ἀνδρα ἀπιστον, καὶ οὗτος συνευδοκεῖ οἰκεῖν μετ' αὐτῆς, μὴ ἀφιέτω τὸν ἀνδρα. | |
| 14 | For the heathen husband now belongs to God through his Christian wife, and the heathen wife through her Christian husband. Otherwise your children would not belong to God, whereas in fact they do. | ἡγίασται γὰρ ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἀπιστος ἐν τῇ γυναικί, καὶ ἡγίασται ἡ γυνὴ ἡ ἀπιστος ἐν τῷ ἀδελφῷ· ἐπεὶ ἀρα τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν ἀκάθαρτά ἐστιν, νῦν δὲ ἀγιά ἐστιν. | |
| 15 | If on the other hand the heathen partner wishes for a separation, let him have it. In such cases the Christian husband or wife is under no compulsion; but God's call is a call to live in peace. | εἰ δὲ ὁ ἀπιστος χωρίζεται, χωριζέσθω· οὐ δεδούλωται ὁ ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἡ ἀδελφὴ ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις· ἐν δὲ εἰρήνῃ κέκληκεν ὑμᾶς ὁ θεός. | |
| 16 | Think of it: as a wife you may be your husband's salvation; as a husband you may be your wife's salvation. | τί γὰρ οἶδας, γύναι, εἰ τὸν ἀνδρα σώσεις; ἢ τί οἶδας, ἀνερ, εἰ τὴν γυναῖκα σώσεις; | |