The Latin Vulgate VUL
New King James Version NKJV
1 de quibus autem scripsistis bonum est homini mulierem non tangere
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Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 propter fornicationes autem unusquisque suam uxorem habeat et unaquaeque suum virum habeat
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Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3 uxori vir debitum reddat similiter autem et uxor viro
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Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
4 mulier sui corporis potestatem non habet sed vir similiter autem et vir sui corporis potestatem non habet sed mulier
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The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5 nolite fraudare invicem nisi forte ex consensu ad tempus ut vacetis orationi et iterum revertimini in id ipsum ne temptet vos Satanas propter incontinentiam vestram
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Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6 hoc autem dico secundum indulgentiam non secundum imperium
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But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.
7 volo autem omnes homines esse sicut me ipsum sed unusquisque proprium habet donum ex Deo alius quidem sic alius vero sic
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For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.
8 dico autem non nuptis et viduis bonum est illis si sic maneant sicut et ego
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But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am;
9 quod si non se continent nubant melius est enim nubere quam uri
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but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 his autem qui matrimonio iuncti sunt praecipio non ego sed Dominus uxorem a viro non discedere
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Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband.
11 quod si discesserit manere innuptam aut viro suo reconciliari et vir uxorem ne dimittat
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But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.
12 nam ceteris ego dico non Dominus si quis frater uxorem habet infidelem et haec consentit habitare cum illo non dimittat illam
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But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her.
13 et si qua mulier habet virum infidelem et hic consentit habitare cum illa non dimittat virum
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And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him.
14 sanctificatus est enim vir infidelis in muliere fideli et sanctificata est mulier infidelis per virum fidelem alioquin filii vestri inmundi essent nunc autem sancti sunt
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For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
15 quod si infidelis discedit discedat non est enim servituti subiectus frater aut soror in eiusmodi in pace autem vocavit nos Deus
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But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace.
16 unde enim scis mulier si virum salvum facies aut unde scis vir si mulierem salvam facies
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For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 nisi unicuique sicut divisit Dominus unumquemque sicut vocavit Deus ita ambulet et sic in omnibus ecclesiis doceo
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But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.
18 circumcisus aliquis vocatus est non adducat praeputium in praeputio aliquis vocatus est non circumcidatur
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Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.
19 circumcisio nihil est et praeputium nihil est sed observatio mandatorum Dei
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Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.
20 unusquisque in qua vocatione vocatus est in ea permaneat
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Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.
21 servus vocatus es non sit tibi curae sed et si potes liber fieri magis utere
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Were you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it.
22 qui enim in Domino vocatus est servus libertus est Domini similiter qui liber vocatus est servus est Christi
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For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord's freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is Christ's slave.
23 pretio empti estis nolite fieri servi hominum
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You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
24 unusquisque in quo vocatus est fratres in hoc maneat apud Deum
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Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called.
25 de virginibus autem praeceptum Domini non habeo consilium autem do tamquam misericordiam consecutus a Domino ut sim fidelis
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Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy.
26 existimo ergo hoc bonum esse propter instantem necessitatem quoniam bonum est homini sic esse
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I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress--that it is good for a man to remain as he is:
27 alligatus es uxori noli quaerere solutionem solutus es ab uxore noli quaerere uxorem
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Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
28 si autem acceperis uxorem non peccasti et si nupserit virgo non peccavit tribulationem tamen carnis habebunt huiusmodi ego autem vobis parco
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But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you.
29 hoc itaque dico fratres tempus breve est reliquum est ut qui habent uxores tamquam non habentes sint
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But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none,
30 et qui flent tamquam non flentes et qui gaudent tamquam non gaudentes et qui emunt tamquam non possidentes
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those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,
31 et qui utuntur hoc mundo tamquam non utantur praeterit enim figura huius mundi
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and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.
32 volo autem vos sine sollicitudine esse qui sine uxore est sollicitus est quae Domini sunt quomodo placeat Deo
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But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord--how he may please the Lord.
33 qui autem cum uxore est sollicitus est quae sunt mundi quomodo placeat uxori et divisus est
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But he who is married cares about the things of the world--how he may please his wife.
34 et mulier innupta et virgo cogitat quae Domini sunt ut sit sancta et corpore et spiritu quae autem nupta est cogitat quae sunt mundi quomodo placeat viro
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There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world--how she may please her husband.
35 porro hoc ad utilitatem vestram dico non ut laqueum vobis iniciam sed ad id quod honestum est et quod facultatem praebeat sine inpedimento Dominum observandi
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And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.
36 si quis autem turpem se videri existimat super virgine sua quod sit superadulta et ita oportet fieri quod vult faciat non peccat nubat
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But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin; let them marry.
37 nam qui statuit in corde suo firmus non habens necessitatem potestatem autem habet suae voluntatis et hoc iudicavit in corde suo servare virginem suam bene facit
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Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.
38 igitur et qui matrimonio iungit virginem suam bene facit et qui non iungit melius facit
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So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.
39 mulier alligata est quanto tempore vir eius vivit quod si dormierit vir eius liberata est cui vult nubat tantum in Domino
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A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
40 beatior autem erit si sic permanserit secundum meum consilium puto autem quod et ego Spiritum Dei habeo
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But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment--and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
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