1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me

ℵB omit

: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 De quibus autem scripsistis mihi: Bonum est homini mulierem non tangere:

2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

2 propter fornicationem autem unusquisque suam uxorem habeat, et unaquæque suum virum habeat.

3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence

ℵBA ⟨her due⟩

: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

3 Uxori vir debitum reddat: similiter autem et uxor viro.

4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

4 Mulier sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed vir. Similiter autem et vir sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed mulier.

5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come

ℵBA ⟨prayer, and be⟩

together again, that Satan tempt you not for your

B omit

incontinency.

5 Nolite fraudare invicem, nisi forte ex consensu ad tempus, ut vacetis orationi: et iterum revertimini in idipsum, ne tentet vos Satanas propter incontinentiam vestram.

6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

6 Hoc autem dico secundum indulgentiam, non secundum imperium.

7 For

ℵBA ⟨But⟩

I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

7 Volo enim omnes vos esse sicut meipsum: sed unusquisque proprium donum habet ex Deo: alius quidem sic, alius vero sic.

8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is

A ⟨that it is⟩

good for them if they abide even as I.

8 Dico autem non nuptis, et viduis: bonum est illis si sic permaneant, sicut et ego.

9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

9 Quod si non se continent, nubant. Melius est enim nubere, quam uri.

10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

10 ¶ Iis autem qui matrimonio juncti sunt, præcipio non ego, sed Dominus, uxorem a viro non discedere:

11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

11 quod si discesserit, manere innuptam, aut viro suo reconciliari. Et vir uxorem non dimittat.

12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

12 ¶ Nam ceteris ego dico, non Dominus. Si quis frater uxorem habet infidelem, et hæc consentit habitare cum illo, non dimittat illam.

13 And the woman which

ℵ ⟨if a woman⟩

hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him

ℵBA ⟨her husband⟩

.

13 Et si qua mulier fidelis habet virum infidelem, et hic consentit habitare cum illa, non dimittat virum:

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband

ℵBA ⟨brother⟩

: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

14 sanctificatus est enim vir infidelis per mulierem fidelem, et sanctificata est mulier infidelis per virum fidelem: alioquin filii vestri immundi essent, nunc autem sancti sunt.

15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us

ℵA ⟨you⟩

to peace.

15 Quod si infidelis discedit, discedat: non enim servituti subjectus est frater, aut soror in hujusmodi: in pace autem vocavit nos Deus.

16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

16 Unde enim scis mulier, si virum salvum facies? aut unde scis vir, si mulierem salvam facies?

17 But as God

ℵBA ⟨the Lord⟩

hath distributed to every man, as the Lord

ℵBA ⟨God⟩

hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

17 ¶ Nisi unicuique sicut divisit Dominus, unumquemque sicut vocavit Deus, ita ambulet, et sicut in omnibus ecclesiis doceo.

18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

18 Circumcisus aliquis vocatus est? non adducat præputium. In præputio aliquis vocatus est? non circumcidatur.

19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

19 Circumcisio nihil est, et præputium nihil est: sed observatio mandatorum Dei.

20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

20 Unusquisque in qua vocatione vocatus est, in ea permaneat.

21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

21 Servus vocatus es? non sit tibi curæ: sed et si potes fieri liber, magis utere.

22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also

ℵBA omit

he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.

22 Qui enim in Domino vocatus est servus, libertus est Domini: similiter qui liber vocatus est, servus est Christi.

23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

23 Pretio empti estis: nolite fieri servi hominum.

24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

24 Unusquisque in quo vocatus est, fratres, in hoc permaneat apud Deum.

25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

25 ¶ De virginibus autem præceptum Domini non habeo: consilium autem do, tamquam misericordiam consecutus a Domino, ut sim fidelis.

26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

26 Existimo ergo hoc bonum esse propter instantem necessitatem, quoniam bonum est homini sic esse.

27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

27 Alligatus es uxori? noli quærere solutionem. Solutus es ab uxore? noli quærere uxorem.

28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

28 Si autem acceperis uxorem, non peccasti. Et si nupserit virgo, non peccavit: tribulationem tamen carnis habebunt hujusmodi. Ego autem vobis parco.

29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

29 Hoc itaque dico, fratres: tempus breve est: reliquum est, ut et qui habent uxores, tamquam non habentes sint:

30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

30 et qui flent, tamquam non flentes: et qui gaudent, tamquam non gaudentes: et qui emunt, tamquam non possidentes:

31 And they that use this

ℵBA ⟨the⟩

world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

31 et qui utuntur hoc mundo, tamquam non utantur: præterit enim figura hujus mundi.

32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

32 Volo autem vos sine sollicitudine esse. Qui sine uxore est, sollicitus est quæ Domini sunt, quomodo placeat Deo.

33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife

ℵBA ⟨wife, and is divided⟩

.

33 Qui autem cum uxore est, sollicitus est quæ sunt mundi, quomodo placeat uxori, et divisus est.

34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The

ℵBA ⟨And the⟩

unmarried woman

ℵA ⟨woman and the unmarried virgin⟩; B ⟨woman and the virgin⟩

careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both

A omit

in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world,

B omit

how she may please her husband.

34 Et mulier innupta, et virgo, cogitat quæ Domini sunt, ut sit sancta corpore, et spiritu. Quæ autem nupta est, cogitat quæ sunt mundi, quomodo placeat viro.

35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

35 Porro hoc ad utilitatem vestram dico: non ut laqueum vobis injiciam, sed ad id, quod honestum est, et quod facultatem præbeat sine impedimento Dominum obsecrandi.

36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require

A ⟨require this⟩

, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

36 Si quis autem turpem se videri existimat super virgine sua, quod sit superadulta, et ita oportet fieri: quod vult faciat: non peccat, si nubat.

37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but

A ⟨and⟩

hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart

ℵBA ⟨own heart⟩

that he will keep his virgin, doeth

ℵA ⟨shall do⟩

well.

37 Nam qui statuit in corde suo firmus, non habens necessitatem, potestatem autem habens suæ voluntatis, et hoc judicavit in corde suo, servare virginem suam, bene facit.

38 So then he that giveth her

ℵBA ⟨his virgin⟩

in marriage doeth

B ⟨shall do⟩

well; but

ℵBA ⟨and⟩

he that giveth her not in marriage doeth

ℵBA ⟨shall do⟩

better.

38 Igitur et qui matrimonio jungit virginem suam, bene facit: et qui non jungit, melius facit.

39 The wife is bound by the law

ℵBA omit

as long as her husband liveth; but if her

ℵBA ⟨the⟩

husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

39 Mulier alligata est legi quanto tempore vir ejus vivit, quod si dormierit vir ejus, liberata est: cui vult nubat, tantum in Domino.

40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and

B ⟨for⟩

I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

40 Beatior autem erit si sic permanserit secundum meum consilium: puto autem quod et ego Spiritum Dei habeam.