1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband. 4 The 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. 5 Don’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.
6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment. 7 Yet 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. 8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. 9 But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion. 10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband 11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
12 But 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. 13 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband. 14 For 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. 15 Yet 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. 16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments. 20 Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called. 21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it. 22 For 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. 23 You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men. 24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
25 Now 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. 26 Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife. 28 But 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. 29 But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none; 30 and 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; 31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
32 But 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; 33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There 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. 35 This 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.
36 But 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. 37 But 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. 38 So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
39 A 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. 40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
1 Aga mis puutub sellesse, millest kirjutasite, siis mehele on hea naist mitte puudutada.
2 Kuid hooruspattude pärast olgu igal mehel oma naine ja igal naisel oma mees.
3 Mees täitku oma kohust naise vastu ja n
4 Naisel ei ole meelevalda oma ihu üle, vaid mehel; ja n
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6 Ent seda ma ütlen andes luba, mitte käskides.
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8 Ent ma ütlen vallalistele ja lesknaistele: neile on hea, kui nad jäävad n
9 Aga kui nad ei suuda endid talitseda, siis nad abiellugu, sest parem on abielluda kui himudes p
10 Aga abielulistele ei käsi mina, vaid Issand, et naine ärgu mingu mehest lahku.
11 On aga keegi lahutatud, siis ta jäägu abielutuks v
12 Aga muile ütlen mina, mitte Issand: kui ühel vennal on uskmatu naine ja naine heal meelel tahab elada temaga, siis ta ärgu hüljaku teda.
13 Samuti kui ühel naisel on uskmatu mees ja mees heal meelel tahab elada temaga, siis ta ärgu hüljaku meest.
14 Sest uskmatu mees on pühitsetud naise läbi ja uskmatu naine on pühitsetud mehe läbi, sest muidu oleksid teie lapsed rüvedad, aga nüüd on nad pühad.
15 Aga kui uskmatu pool lahkub, siis ta lahkugu; niisuguseis asjus ei ole vend ega
16 Sest mis tead sina, naine, kas sa oma mehe päästad? V
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18 On keegi kutsutud ümberl
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20 Igaüks jäägu sellesse kutsesse, milles ta on kutsutud.
21 Kui sa oled kutsutud orjana, siis ära hooli sellest. Aga kui sa v
22 Sest kes on kutsutud orjana Issandas, on Issandas vabakslastu; samuti, kes on kutsutud vabana, on Kristuse ori.
23 Teie olete kallilt ostetud, ärge saage inimeste orjaks!
24 Jäägu, vennad, igaüks Jumala ees sellesse, milles ta on kutsutud!
25 Ent neitsite kohta ei ole mul Issanda käsku, aga ma annan n
26 Siis ma arvan eelseisva kitsikuse pärast hea olevat, et inimene jääb, nagu ta on.
27 Kui sa oled naisega seotud, siis ära püüa vabaneda; kui oled vallaline, siis ära otsi naist.
28 Aga kui sa ka abiellud, siis sa ei tee pattu; ja kui neitsi läheb mehele, siis ta ei tee pattu. Ent sellised saavad kannatada ihulikku viletsust, mina aga säästaksin teid.
29 Ent seda ütlen, vennad, et aeg on lühike; sellepärast olgu nii, et needki, kellel on naised, olgu nagu need, kellel neid ei ole;
30 ja olgu nii, et kes nutavad, nagu ei nutakski, ja kes on r
31 ja kes seda maailma tarvitavad, nagu ei tarvitakski seda; sest selle maailma nägu kaob.
32 Ent mina tahaksin, et te oleksite muretud. Vallaline mees hoolitseb selle eest, mis kuulub Issandale, kuidas ta saaks olla Issanda meele järgi.
33 Aga naisemees hoolitseb selle eest, mis kuulub maailmale, kuidas ta saaks olla naise meele järgi.
34 Nii on ta jaotatud kaheks. Ja vallaline naine v
35 Aga seda ma ütlen teie eneste kasuks, ei mitte, et köit panna teile kaela, vaid et te elaksite viisakalt ja püsiksite takistamatult Issandas.
36 Aga kui keegi arvab vääriti käitlevat oma neitsit, kelle paras naimaiga on möödumas, ja kui see peab n
37 Aga kes on kindel oma südames ja kellel seda ei ole vaja, vaid on meelevald oma tahtmise üle ning on otsustanud oma südames oma neitsi jätta neitsiks, see teeb hästi.
38 Kes siis oma neitsi naib, teeb hästi, ja kes teda ei nai, teeb paremini.
39 Naine on seotud niikaua kui tema mees elab; aga kui ta mees on läinud magama, on ta vaba minema mehele, kellele tahab, kui see vaid sünnib Issandas.
40 Aga ta on