1 Corinthians 7
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Greek New Testament: Byzantine Text (Robinson–Pierpont 2018)
1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1περι δε ων εγραψατε μοι καλον ανθρωπω γυναικοσ μη απτεσθαι
2But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
2δια δε τασ πορνειασ εκαστοσ την εαυτου γυναικα εχετω και εκαστη τον ιδιον ανδρα εχετω
3Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
3τη γυναικι ο ανηρ την οφειλομενην ευνοιαν αποδιδοτω ομοιωσ δε και η γυνη τω ανδρι
4The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
4η γυνη του ιδιου σωματοσ ουκ εξουσιαζει αλλ ο ανηρ ομοιωσ δε και ο ανηρ του ιδιου σωματοσ ουκ εξουσιαζει αλλ η γυνη
5Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
5μη αποστερειτε αλληλουσ ει μητι αν εκ συμφωνου προσ καιρον ινα σχολαζητε τη νηστεια και τη προσευχη και παλιν επι το αυτο συνερχησθε ινα μη πειραζη υμασ ο σατανασ δια την ακρασιαν υμων
6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
6τουτο δε λεγω κατα συγγνωμην ου κατ επιταγην
7Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
7θελω γαρ παντασ ανθρωπουσ ειναι ωσ και εμαυτον αλλ εκαστοσ ιδιον χαρισμα εχει εκ θεου οσ μεν ουτωσ οσ δε ουτωσ
8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
8λεγω δε τοισ αγαμοισ και ταισ χηραισ καλον αυτοισ εστιν εαν μεινωσιν ωσ καγω
9But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
9ει δε ουκ εγκρατευονται γαμησατωσαν κρεισσον γαρ εστιν γαμησαι η πυρουσθαι
10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
10τοισ δε γεγαμηκοσιν παραγγελλω ουκ εγω αλλ ο κυριοσ γυναικα απο ανδροσ μη χωρισθηναι
11(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
11εαν δε και χωρισθη μενετω αγαμοσ η τω ανδρι καταλλαγητω και ανδρα γυναικα μη αφιεναι
12But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
12τοισ δε λοιποισ εγω λεγω ουχ ο κυριοσ ει τισ αδελφοσ γυναικα εχει απιστον και αυτη συνευδοκει οικειν μετ αυτου μη αφιετω αυτην
13The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
13και γυνη ητισ εχει ανδρα απιστον και αυτοσ συνευδοκει οικειν μετ αυτησ μη αφιετω αυτον
14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
14ηγιασται γαρ ο ανηρ ο απιστοσ εν τη γυναικι και ηγιασται η γυνη η απιστοσ εν τω ανδρι επει αρα τα τεκνα υμων ακαθαρτα εστιν νυν δε αγια εστιν
15Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.
15ει δε ο απιστοσ χωριζεται χωριζεσθω ου δεδουλωται ο αδελφοσ η η αδελφη εν τοισ τοιουτοισ εν δε ειρηνη κεκληκεν ημασ ο θεοσ
16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
16τι γαρ οιδασ γυναι ει τον ανδρα σωσεισ η τι οιδασ ανερ ει την γυναικα σωσεισ
17Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
17ει μη εκαστω ωσ εμερισεν ο θεοσ εκαστον ωσ κεκληκεν ο κυριοσ ουτωσ περιπατειτω και ουτωσ εν ταισ εκκλησιαισ πασαισ διατασσομαι
18Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
18περιτετμημενοσ τισ εκληθη μη επισπασθω εν ακροβυστια τισ εκληθη μη περιτεμνεσθω
19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
19η περιτομη ουδεν εστιν και η ακροβυστια ουδεν εστιν αλλα τηρησισ εντολων θεου
20Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
20εκαστοσ εν τη κλησει η εκληθη εν ταυτη μενετω
21Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
21δουλοσ εκληθησ μη σοι μελετω αλλ ει και δυνασαι ελευθεροσ γενεσθαι μαλλον χρησαι
22For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.
22ο γαρ εν κυριω κληθεισ δουλοσ απελευθεροσ κυριου εστιν ομοιωσ και ο ελευθεροσ κληθεισ δουλοσ εστιν χριστου
23You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
23τιμησ ηγορασθητε μη γινεσθε δουλοι ανθρωπων
24Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
24εκαστοσ εν ω εκληθη αδελφοι εν τουτω μενετω παρα θεω
25Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
25περι δε των παρθενων επιταγην κυριου ουκ εχω γνωμην δε διδωμι ωσ ηλεημενοσ υπο κυριου πιστοσ ειναι
26Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
26νομιζω ουν τουτο καλον υπαρχειν δια την ενεστωσαν αναγκην οτι καλον ανθρωπω το ουτωσ ειναι
27Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
27δεδεσαι γυναικι μη ζητει λυσιν λελυσαι απο γυναικοσ μη ζητει γυναικα
28But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
28εαν δε και γημησ ουχ ημαρτεσ και εαν γημη η παρθενοσ ουχ ημαρτεν θλιψιν δε τη σαρκι εξουσιν οι τοιουτοι εγω δε υμων φειδομαι
29But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
29τουτο δε φημι αδελφοι ο καιροσ συνεσταλμενοσ το λοιπον εστιν ινα και οι εχοντεσ γυναικασ ωσ μη εχοντεσ ωσιν
30and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;
30και οι κλαιοντεσ ωσ μη κλαιοντεσ και οι χαιροντεσ ωσ μη χαιροντεσ και οι αγοραζοντεσ ωσ μη κατεχοντεσ
31and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
31και οι χρωμενοι τω κοσμω τουτω ωσ μη καταχρωμενοι παραγει γαρ το σχημα του κοσμου τουτου
32But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
32θελω δε υμασ αμεριμνουσ ειναι ο αγαμοσ μεριμνα τα του κυριου πωσ αρεσει τω κυριω
33but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
33ο δε γαμησασ μεριμνα τα του κοσμου πωσ αρεσει τη γυναικι
34There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.
34μεμερισται και η γυνη και η παρθενοσ η αγαμοσ μεριμνα τα του κυριου ινα η αγια και σωματι και πνευματι η δε γαμησασα μεριμνα τα του κοσμου πωσ αρεσει τω ανδρι
35This I say for your own benefit, not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
35τουτο δε προσ το υμων αυτων συμφερον λεγω ουχ ινα βροχον υμιν επιβαλω αλλα προσ το ευσχημον και ευπροσεδρον τω κυριω απερισπαστωσ
36But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.
36ει δε τισ ασχημονειν επι την παρθενον αυτου νομιζει εαν η υπερακμοσ 5230 A-NSM και ουτωσ οφειλει γινεσθαι ο θελει ποιειτω ουχ αμαρτανει γαμειτωσαν
37But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his own heart to keep his own virgin, does well.
37οσ δε εστηκεν εδραιοσ εν τη καρδια μη εχων αναγκην εξουσιαν δε εχει περι του ιδιου θεληματοσ και τουτο κεκρικεν εν τη καρδια αυτου του τηρειν την εαυτου παρθενον καλωσ ποιει
38So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
38ωστε και ο εκγαμιζων καλωσ ποιει ο δε μη εκγαμιζων κρεισσον ποιει
39A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
39γυνη δεδεται νομω εφ οσον χρονον ζη ο ανηρ αυτησ εαν δε και κοιμηθη ο ανηρ ελευθερα εστιν ω θελει γαμηθηναι μονον εν κυριω
40But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
40μακαριωτερα δε εστιν εαν ουτωσ μεινη κατα την εμην γνωμην δοκω δε καγω πνευμα θεου εχειν
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