1 Corinthians 7
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Now concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1De quibus autem scripsistis mihi: Bonum est homini mulierem non tangere:
2But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
2propter fornicationem autem unusquisque suam uxorem habeat, et unaquæque suum virum habeat.
3Let the husband render the debt to his wife, and the wife also in like manner to the husband.
3Uxori vir debitum reddat: similiter autem et uxor viro.
4The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
4Mulier sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed vir. Similiter autem et vir sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed mulier.
5Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer; and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.
5Nolite fraudare invicem, nisi forte ex consensu ad tempus, ut vacetis orationi: et iterum revertimini in idipsum, ne tentet vos Satanas propter incontinentiam vestram.
6But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.
6Hoc autem dico secundum indulgentiam, non secundum imperium.
7For I would that all men were even as myself: but every one hath his proper gift from God; one after this manner, and another after that.
7Volo enim omnes vos esse sicut meipsum: sed unusquisque proprium donum habet ex Deo: alius quidem sic, alius vero sic.
8But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.
8Dico autem non nuptis, et viduis: bonum est illis si sic permaneant, sicut et ego.
9But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.
9Quod si non se continent, nubant. Melius est enim nubere, quam uri.
10But to them that are married, not I but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her husband.
10Iis autem qui matrimonio juncti sunt, præcipio non ego, sed Dominus, uxorem a viro non discedere:
11And if she depart, that she remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife.
11quod si discesserit, manere innuptam, aut viro suo reconciliari. Et vir uxorem non dimittat.
12For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she consent to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
12Nam ceteris ego dico, non Dominus. Si quis frater uxorem habet infidelem, et hæc consentit habitare cum illo, non dimittat illam.
13And if any woman hath a husband that believeth not, and he consent to dwell with her, let her not put away her husband.
13Et si qua mulier fidelis habet virum infidelem, et hic consentit habitare cum illa, non dimittat virum:
14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife; and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the believing husband: otherwise your children should be unclean; but now they are holy.
14sanctificatus est enim vir infidelis per mulierem fidelem, et sanctificata est mulier infidelis per virum fidelem: alioquin filii vestri immundi essent, nunc autem sancti sunt.
15But if the unbeliever depart, let him depart. For a brother or sister is not under servitude in such cases. But God hath called us in peace.
15Quod si infidelis discedit, discedat: non enim servituti subjectus est frater, aut soror in hujusmodi: in pace autem vocavit nos Deus.
16For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
16Unde enim scis mulier, si virum salvum facies? aut unde scis vir, si mulierem salvam facies?
17But as the Lord hath distributed to every one, as God hath called every one, so let him walk: and so in all churches I teach.
17Nisi unicuique sicut divisit Dominus, unumquemque sicut vocavit Deus, ita ambulet, et sicut in omnibus ecclesiis doceo.
18Is any man called, being circumcised? let him not procure uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
18Circumcisus aliquis vocatus est? non adducat præputium. In præputio aliquis vocatus est? non circumcidatur.
19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing: but the observance of the commandments of God.
19Circumcisio nihil est, et præputium nihil est: sed observatio mandatorum Dei.
20Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.
20Unusquisque in qua vocatione vocatus est, in ea permaneat.
21Wast thou called, being a bondman? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
21Servus vocatus es? non sit tibi curæ: sed et si potes fieri liber, magis utere.
22For he that is called in the Lord, being a bondman, is the freeman of the Lord. Likewise he that is called, being free, is the bondman of Christ.
22Qui enim in Domino vocatus est servus, libertus est Domini: similiter qui liber vocatus est, servus est Christi.
23You are bought with a price; be not made the bondslaves of men.
23Pretio empti estis: nolite fieri servi hominum.
24Brethren, let every man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.
24Unusquisque in quo vocatus est, fratres, in hoc permaneat apud Deum.
25Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.
25De virginibus autem præceptum Domini non habeo: consilium autem do, tamquam misericordiam consecutus a Domino, ut sim fidelis.
26I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be.
26Existimo ergo hoc bonum esse propter instantem necessitatem, quoniam bonum est homini sic esse.
27Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
27Alligatus es uxori? noli quærere solutionem. Solutus es ab uxore? noli quærere uxorem.
28But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless, such shall have tribulation of the flesh. But I spare you.
28Si autem acceperis uxorem, non peccasti. Et si nupserit virgo, non peccavit: tribulationem tamen carnis habebunt hujusmodi. Ego autem vobis parco.
29This therefore I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as if they had none;
29Hoc itaque dico, fratres: tempus breve est: reliquum est, ut et qui habent uxores, tamquam non habentes sint:
30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as if they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
30et qui flent, tamquam non flentes: et qui gaudent, tamquam non gaudentes: et qui emunt, tamquam non possidentes:
31And they that use this world, as if they used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
31et qui utuntur hoc mundo, tamquam non utantur: præterit enim figura hujus mundi.
32But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God.
32Volo autem vos sine sollicitudine esse. Qui sine uxore est, sollicitus est quæ Domini sunt, quomodo placeat Deo.
33But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided.
33Qui autem cum uxore est, sollicitus est quæ sunt mundi, quomodo placeat uxori, et divisus est.
34And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
34Et 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.
35And this I speak for your profit: not to cast a snare upon you; but for that which is decent, and which may give you power to attend upon the Lord, without impediment.
35Porro hoc ad utilitatem vestram dico: non ut laqueum vobis injiciam, sed ad id, quod honestum est, et quod facultatem præbeat sine impedimento Dominum obsecrandi.
36But if any man think that he seemeth dishonoured, with regard to his virgin, for that she is above the age, and it must so be: let him do what he will; he sinneth not, if she marry.
36Si quis autem turpem se videri existimat super virgine sua, quod sit superadulta, et ita oportet fieri: quod vult faciat: non peccat, si nubat.
37For he that hath determined being steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but having power of his own will; and hath judged this in his heart, to keep his virgin, doth well.
37Nam 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.
38Therefore, both he that giveth his virgin in marriage, doth well; and he that giveth her not, doth better.
38Igitur et qui matrimonio jungit virginem suam, bene facit: et qui non jungit, melius facit.
39A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband die, she is at liberty: let her marry to whom she will; only in the Lord.
39Mulier alligata est legi quanto tempore vir ejus vivit, quod si dormierit vir ejus, liberata est: cui vult nubat, tantum in Domino.
40But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel; and I think that I also have the spirit of God.
40Beatior autem erit si sic permanserit secundum meum consilium: puto autem quod et ego Spiritum Dei habeam.
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