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1 Corinthians 7:1 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verse 1
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.1 Corinthians 7:1 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:1 in context
1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto 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 unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- concerningperiabout, concerning, on account of, because of, around, nearG4012 →
- whereofhoswho, which, what, thatG3739 →
- wrotegraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- touchhaptomaito fasten one s self to, adhere to, cling to, to touch, of carnal intercourse with a…G680 →
- womangynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
- goodkalosbeautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable…G2570 →
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The apostle comes now, as a faithful and skilful casuist, to answer some cases of conscience which the Corinthians had proposed to him. Those were things whereof they wrote to him, Co1 7:1. As the lips of ministers should keep knowledge, so the people should ask the law at their mouths.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9