Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Treasury of Scripture good. 1 Corinthians 7:8,26,27,37,38 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I... Matthew 19:10,11 His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry... touch. Genesis 20:6 And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart... Ruth 2:9 Let your eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go you after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch you?... Proverbs 6:29 So he that goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
Context Teachings on Marriage
1Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife to the husband. 4The wife has not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband has not power of his own body, but the wife. 5Defraud you not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. 6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. 7For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man has his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. 8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. 10And to the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. 12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife that believes not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. 13And the woman which has an husband that believes not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. 14For 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. 15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God has called us to peace. 16For what know you, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? or how know you, O man, whether you shall save your wife? Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Douay-Rheims Bible
NOW concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Darby Bible Translation
But concerning the things of which ye have written to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman;
King James Bible
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Young's Literal Translation
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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