7:1  de quibus autem scripsistis bonum       1.  Now concerning the things whereof
est homini mulierem non tangere              ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man
                                             not to touch a woman.

7:2  propter fornicationes autem             2.  Nevertheless, to avoid fornication,
unusquisque suam uxorem habeat et            let every man have his own wife, and
unaquaeque suum virum habeat                 let every woman have her own husband.

7:3  uxori vir debitum reddat similiter      3.  Let the husband render unto the
autem et uxor viro                           wife due benevolence: and likewise also
                                             the wife unto the husband.

7:4  mulier sui corporis potestatem non      4.  The wife hath not power of her own
habet sed vir similiter autem et vir         body, but the husband: and likewise
sui corporis potestatem non habet sed        also the husband hath not power of his
mulier                                       own body, but the wife.

7:5  nolite fraudare invicem nisi forte      5.  Defraud ye not one the other,
ex consensu ad tempus ut vacetis             except it be with consent for a time,
orationi et iterum revertimini in id         that ye may give yourselves to fasting
ipsum ne temptet vos Satanas propter         and prayer; and come together again,
incontinentiam vestram                       that Satan tempt you not for your
                                             incontinency.

7:6  hoc autem dico secundum                 6.  But I speak this by permission, and
indulgentiam non secundum imperium           not of commandment.

7:7  volo autem omnes homines esse           7.  For I would that all men were even
sicut me ipsum sed unusquisque proprium      as I myself. But every man hath his
habet donum ex Deo alius quidem sic          proper gift of God, one after this
alius vero sic                               manner, and another after that.

7:8  dico autem non nuptis et viduis         8.  I say therefore to the unmarried
bonum est illis si sic maneant sicut et      and widows, It is good for them if they
ego                                          abide even as I.

7:9  quod si non se continent nubant         9.  But if they cannot contain, let
melius est enim nubere quam uri              them marry: for it is better to marry
                                             than to burn.

7:10  his autem qui matrimonio iuncti        10.  And unto the married I command,
sunt praecipio non ego sed Dominus           yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the
uxorem a viro non discedere                  wife depart from her husband:

7:11  quod si discesserit manere             11.  But and if she depart, let her
innuptam aut viro suo reconciliari et        remain unmarried or be reconciled to
vir uxorem ne dimittat                       her husband: and let not the husband
                                             put away his wife.

7:12  nam ceteris ego dico non Dominus       12.  But to the rest speak I, not the
si quis frater uxorem habet infidelem        Lord: If any brother hath a wife that
et haec consentit habitare cum illo non      believeth not, and she be pleased to
dimittat illam                               dwell with him, let him not put her
                                             away.

7:13  et si qua mulier habet virum           13.  And the woman which hath an
infidelem et hic consentit habitare cum      husband that believeth not, and if he
illa non dimittat virum                      be pleased to dwell with her, let her
                                             not leave him.

7:14  sanctificatus est enim vir             14.  For the unbelieving husband is
infidelis in muliere fideli et               sanctified by the wife, and the
sanctificata est mulier infidelis per        unbelieving wife is sanctified by the
virum fidelem alioquin filii vestri          husband: else were your children
inmundi essent nunc autem sancti sunt        unclean; but now are they holy.

7:15  quod si infidelis discedit             15.  But if the unbelieving depart, let
discedat non est enim servituti              him depart. A brother or a sister is
subiectus frater aut soror in eiusmodi       not under bondage in such cases: but
in pace autem vocavit nos Deus               God hath called us to peace.

7:16  unde enim scis mulier si virum         16.  For what knowest thou, O wife,
salvum facies aut unde scis vir si           whether thou shalt save thy husband? or
mulierem salvam facies                       how knowest thou, O man, whether thou
                                             shalt save thy wife?

7:17  nisi unicuique sicut divisit           17.  But as God hath distributed to
Dominus unumquemque sicut vocavit Deus       every man, as the Lord hath called
ita ambulet et sic in omnibus ecclesiis      every one, so let him walk. And so
doceo                                        ordain I in all churches.

7:18  circumcisus aliquis vocatus est        18.  Is any man called being
non adducat praeputium in praeputio          circumcised? let him not become
aliquis vocatus est non circumcidatur        uncircumcised. Is any called in
                                             uncircumcision? let him not be
                                             circumcised.

7:19  circumcisio nihil est et               19.  Circumcision is nothing, and
praeputium nihil est sed observatio          uncircumcision is nothing, but the
mandatorum Dei                               keeping of the commandments of God.

7:20  unusquisque in qua vocatione           20.  Let every man abide in the same
vocatus est in ea permaneat                  calling wherein he was called.

7:21  servus vocatus es non sit tibi         21.  Art thou called being a servant?
curae sed et si potes liber fieri magis      care not for it: but if thou mayest be
utere                                        made free, use it rather.

7:22  qui enim in Domino vocatus est         22.  For he that is called in the Lord,
servus libertus est Domini similiter         being a servant, is the Lord's freeman:
qui liber vocatus est servus est Christi     likewise also he that is called, being
                                             free, is Christ's servant.

7:23  pretio empti estis nolite fieri        23.  Ye are bought with a price; be not
servi hominum                                ye the servants of men.

7:24  unusquisque in quo vocatus est         24.  Brethren, let every man, wherein
fratres in hoc maneat apud Deum              he is called, therein abide with God.

7:25  de virginibus autem praeceptum         25.  Now concerning virgins I have no
Domini non habeo consilium autem do          commandment of the Lord: yet I give my
tamquam misericordiam consecutus a           judgment, as one that hath obtained
Domino ut sim fidelis                        mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

7:26  existimo ergo hoc bonum esse           26.  I suppose therefore that this is
propter instantem necessitatem quoniam       good for the present distress, I say,
bonum est homini sic esse                    that it is good for a man so to be.

7:27  alligatus es uxori noli quaerere       27.  Art thou bound unto a wife? seek
solutionem solutus es ab uxore noli          not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from
quaerere uxorem                              a wife? seek not a wife.

7:28  si autem acceperis uxorem non          28.  But and if thou marry, thou hast
peccasti et si nupserit virgo non            not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she
peccavit tribulationem tamen carnis          hath not sinned. Nevertheless such
habebunt huiusmodi ego autem vobis parco     shall have trouble in the flesh: but I
                                             spare you.

7:29  hoc itaque dico fratres tempus         29.  But this I say, brethren, the time
breve est reliquum est ut qui habent         is short: it remaineth, that both they
uxores tamquam non habentes sint             that have wives be as though they had
                                             none;

7:30  et qui flent tamquam non flentes       30.  And they that weep, as though they
et qui gaudent tamquam non gaudentes et      wept not; and they that rejoice, as
qui emunt tamquam non possidentes            though they rejoiced not; and they that
                                             buy, as though they possessed not;

7:31  et qui utuntur hoc mundo tamquam       31.  And they that use this world, as
non utantur praeterit enim figura huius      not abusing it: for the fashion of this
mundi                                        world passeth away.

7:32  volo autem vos sine sollicitudine      32.  But I would have you without
esse qui sine uxore est sollicitus est       carefulness. He that is unmarried
quae Domini sunt quomodo placeat Deo         careth for the things that belong to
                                             the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

7:33  qui autem cum uxore est                33.  But he that is married careth for
sollicitus est quae sunt mundi quomodo       the things that are of the world, how
placeat uxori et divisus est                 he may please his wife.

7:34  et mulier innupta et virgo             34.  There is difference also between a
cogitat quae Domini sunt ut sit sancta       wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman
et corpore et spiritu quae autem nupta       careth for the things of the Lord, that
est cogitat quae sunt mundi quomodo          she may be holy both in body and in
placeat viro                                 spirit: but she that is married careth
                                             for the things of the world, how she
                                             may please her husband.

7:35  porro hoc ad utilitatem vestram        35.  And this I speak for your own
dico non ut laqueum vobis iniciam sed        profit; not that I may cast a snare
ad id quod honestum est et quod              upon you, but for that which is comely,
facultatem praebeat sine inpedimento         and that ye may attend upon the Lord
Dominum observandi                           without distraction.

7:36  si quis autem turpem se videri         36.  But if any man think that he
existimat super virgine sua quod sit         behaveth himself uncomely toward his
superadulta et ita oportet fieri quod        virgin, if she pass the flower of her
vult faciat non peccat nubat                 age, and need so require, let him do
                                             what he will, he sinneth not: let them
                                             marry.

7:37  nam qui statuit in corde suo           37.  Nevertheless he that standeth
firmus non habens necessitatem               stedfast in his heart, having no
potestatem autem habet suae voluntatis       necessity, but hath power over his own
et hoc iudicavit in corde suo servare        will, and hath so decreed in his heart
virginem suam bene facit                     that he will keep his virgin, doeth
                                             well.

7:38  igitur et qui matrimonio iungit        38.  So then he that giveth her in
virginem suam bene facit et qui non          marriage doeth well; but he that giveth
iungit melius facit                          her not in marriage doeth better.

7:39  mulier alligata est quanto             39.  The wife is bound by the law as
tempore vir eius vivit quod si               long as her husband liveth; but if her
dormierit vir eius liberata est cui          husband be dead, she is at liberty to
vult nubat tantum in Domino                  be married to whom she will; only in
                                             the Lord.

7:40  beatior autem erit si sic              40.  But she is happier if she so
permanserit secundum meum consilium          abide, after my judgment: and I think
puto autem quod et ego Spiritum Dei          also that I have the Spirit of God.
habeo