<vn='1'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="4012">concerning</s> the things <sn="3739">whereof</s> ye <sn="1125">wrote</s> unto <sn="3427">me</s>: It is <sn="2570">good</s> for a <sn="444">man</s><sn="3361">not</s> to <sn="680">touch</s> a <sn="1135">woman</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1161">Nevertheless</s>, to <sn="*1223">avoid</s><sn="4202">fornication</s>, let every <sn="1538">man</s><sn="2192">have</s> his <sn="1438">own</s><sn="1135">wife</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> let every <sn="1538">woman</s><sn="2192">have</s> her <sn="2398">own</s><sn="435">husband</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="1135">wife</s> hath not <sn="1850 3756">power</s> of her <sn="2398">own</s><sn="4983">body</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="435">husband</s>: <sn="1161">and</s><sn="3668">likewise</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="435">husband</s> hath not <sn="1850 3756">power</s> of his <sn="2398">own</s><sn="4983">body</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1135">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="650">Defraud</s> ye <sn="3361">not</s> one the <sn="240">other</s>, <sn="1509 302">except</s> it be <sn="1537">with</s><sn="4859">consent</s><sn="4314">for</s> a <sn="2540">time</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> ye may give <sn="4980">yourselves</s> to <sn="3521">fasting</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4335">prayer</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> come <sn="4905">together</s><sn="3825">again</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="4567">Satan</s><sn="3985">tempt</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="1223">for</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="192">incontinency</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">But</s> I <sn="3004">speak</s><sn="5124">this</s><sn="2596">by</s><sn="4774">permission</s>, and <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2596">of</s><sn="2003">commandment</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="2309">would</s> that <sn="3956">all</s><sn="444">men</s><sn="1511">were</s> even <sn="5613 2532">as</s> I <sn="1683">myself</s>. <sn="235">But</s> every <sn="1538">man</s><sn="2192">hath</s> his <sn="2398">proper</s><sn="5486">gift</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="3739 3303">one</s> after this <sn="3779">manner</s>, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="3739">another</s> after <sn="3779">that</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>I <sn="3004">say</s><sn="1161">therefore</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="22">unmarried</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5503">widows</s>, It <sn="2076">is</s><sn="2570">good</s> for <sn="846">them</s><sn="1437">if</s> they <sn="3306">abide</s> even as <sn="2504 5613">I</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="1487">if</s> they cannot <sn="1467 3756">contain</s>, let them <sn="1060">marry</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> it <sn="2076">is</s><sn="2909">better</s> to <sn="1060">marry</s><sn="2228">than</s> to <sn="4448">burn</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1161">And</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1060">married</s> I <sn="3853">command</s>, yet <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1473">I</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, Let <sn="3361">not</s> the <sn="1135">wife</s><sn="5563">depart</s><sn="575">from</s> her <sn="435">husband</s>: </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1437">if</s> she <sn="5563">depart</s>, let her <sn="3306">remain</s><sn="22">unmarried</s>, <sn="2228">or</s> be <sn="2644">reconciled</s> to her <sn="435">husband</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> let <sn="3361">not</s> the <sn="435">husband</s> put <sn="863">away</s> his <sn="1135">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1161">But</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3062">rest</s><sn="3004">speak</s><sn="1473">I</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>: If <sn="1536">any</s><sn="80">brother</s><sn="2192">hath</s> a <sn="1135">wife</s> that believeth <sn="571">not</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">she</s> be <sn="4909">pleased</s> to <sn="3611">dwell</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="846">him</s>, let him <sn="3361">not</s> put her <sn="863 846">away</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2532">And</s> the <sn="1135">woman</s><sn="3748">which</s><sn="2192">hath</s> a <sn="435">husband</s> that believeth <sn="571">not</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> if <sn="846">he</s> be <sn="4909">pleased</s> to <sn="3611">dwell</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="846">her</s>, let her <sn="3361">not</s><sn="863">leave</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="571">unbelieving</s><sn="435">husband</s> is <sn="37">sanctified</s><sn="1722">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1135">wife</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="571">unbelieving</s><sn="1135">wife</s> is <sn="37">sanctified</s><sn="1722">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="435">husband</s>: <sn="1893 *686">else</s><sn="2076">were</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="5043">children</s><sn="169">unclean</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="3568">now</s><sn="2076">are</s> they <sn="40">holy</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="571">unbelieving</s><sn="5563">depart</s>, let him <sn="5563">depart</s>. A <sn="80">brother</s><sn="2228">or</s> a <sn="79">sister</s> is <sn="3756">not</s> under <sn="1402">bondage</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5108">such</s> cases: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="2316">God</s> hath <sn="2564">called</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="1722">to</s><sn="1515">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1508">But</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="2316">God</s> hath <sn="3307">distributed</s> to every <sn="1538">man</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> hath <sn="2564">called</s> every <sn="1538">one</s>, <sn="3779">so</s> let him <sn="4043">walk</s>. <sn="2532">And</s><sn="3779">so</s><sn="1299">ordain</s> I <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="1577">churches</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Is any <sn="5100">man</s><sn="2564">called</s> being <sn="4059">circumcised</s>? let him <sn="3361">not</s> become <sn="1986">uncircumcised</s>. Is <sn="5100">any</s><sn="2564">called</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="203">uncircumcision</s>? let him <sn="3361">not</s> be <sn="4059">circumcised</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="4061">Circumcision</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3762">nothing</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="203">uncircumcision</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3762">nothing</s>, <sn="235">but</s> the <sn="5084">keeping</s> of the <sn="1785">commandments</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Let every <sn="1538 *1722 5026">man</s><sn="3306">abide</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3588">same</s><sn="2821">calling</s><sn="3739">wherein</s> he was <sn="2564">called</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Art thou <sn="2564">called</s> being a <sn="1401">servant</s>? <sn="3199">care</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="*4671">for</s> it: <sn="235">but</s><sn="1487">if</s> thou <sn="1410">mayest</s> be <sn="1096">made</s><sn="1658">free</s>, <sn="5530">use</s> it <sn="3123">rather</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1063">For</s> he that is <sn="2564">called</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>, being a <sn="1401">servant</s>, <sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s> 's <sn="558">freeman</s>: <sn="3668">likewise</s><sn="2532">also</s> he that is <sn="2564">called</s>, being <sn="1658">free</s>, <sn="2076">is</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> 's <sn="1401">servant</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Ye are <sn="59">bought</s> with a <sn="5092">price</s>; <sn="1096">be</s><sn="3361">not</s> ye the <sn="1401">servants</s> of <sn="444">men</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="80">Brethren</s>, let every <sn="1538">man</s>, <sn="1722 3739">wherein</s> he is <sn="2564">called</s>, <sn="1722 5129">therein</s><sn="3306">abide</s><sn="3844">with</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="3933">virgins</s> I <sn="2192">have</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="2003">commandment</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s>: <sn="1161">yet</s> I <sn="1325">give</s> my <sn="1106">judgment</s>, <sn="5613">as</s> one that hath obtained <sn="1653">mercy</s><sn="5259">of</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s> to <sn="1511">be</s><sn="4103">faithful</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>I <sn="3543">suppose</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> that <sn="5124">this</s><sn="5225">is</s><sn="2570">good</s><sn="1223">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1764">present</s><sn="318">distress</s>, I say, <sn="3754">that</s> it is <sn="2570">good</s> for a <sn="444">man</s><sn="3779">so</s> to <sn="1511">be</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>Art thou <sn="1210">bound</s> unto a <sn="1135">wife</s>? <sn="2212">seek</s><sn="3361">not</s> to be <sn="3080">loosed</s>. Art thou <sn="3089">loosed</s><sn="575">from</s> a <sn="1135">wife</s>? <sn="2212">seek</s><sn="3361">not</s> a <sn="1135">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1437">if</s> thou <sn="1060">marry</s>, thou hast <sn="3756">not</s><sn="264">sinned</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1437">if</s> a <sn="3933">virgin</s><sn="1060">marry</s>, she hath <sn="3756">not</s><sn="264">sinned</s>. <sn="1161">Nevertheless</s><sn="5108">such</s> shall <sn="2192">have</s><sn="2347">trouble</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="5339">spare</s><sn="5216">you</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="5124">this</s> I <sn="5346">say</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2540">time</s> is <sn="4958">short</s>: it <sn="2076 3063">remaineth</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="2532">both</s> they that <sn="2192">have</s><sn="1135">wives</s><sn="5600">be</s> as <sn="5613">though</s> they <sn="2192">had</s><sn="3361">none</s>; </v>
<vn='30'><sn="2532">And</s> they that <sn="2799">weep</s>, as <sn="5613">though</s> they <sn="2799">wept</s><sn="3361">not</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> they that <sn="5463">rejoice</s>, as <sn="5613">though</s> they <sn="5463">rejoiced</s><sn="3361">not</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> they that <sn="59">buy</s>, as <sn="5613">though</s> they <sn="2722">possessed</s><sn="3361">not</s>; </v>
<vn='31'><sn="2532">And</s> they that <sn="5530">use</s><sn="5129">this</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="2710">abusing</s> it: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4976">fashion</s> of <sn="5127">this</s><sn="2889">world</s> passeth <sn="3855">away</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="1161">But</s> I <sn="2309">would</s><sn="1511">have</s><sn="5209">you</s> without <sn="275">carefulness</s>. He that is <sn="22">unmarried</s> careth <sn="3309">for</s> the <sn="3588">things</s> that belong to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="4459">how</s> he may <sn="700">please</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>: </v>
<vn='33'><sn="1161">But</s> he that is <sn="1060">married</s> careth <sn="3309">for</s> the <sn="3588">things</s> that are of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="4459">how</s> he may <sn="700">please</s> his <sn="1135">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>There is difference also <sn="3307">between</s> a <sn="1135">wife</s><sn="2532">and</s> a <sn="3933">virgin</s>. <sn="3588">The</s> unmarried <sn="22">woman</s> careth <sn="3309">for</s> the <sn="3588">things</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> she may <sn="5600">be</s><sn="40">holy</s><sn="2532">both</s> in <sn="4983">body</s><sn="2532">and</s> in <sn="4151">spirit</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> she that is <sn="1060">married</s> careth <sn="3309">for</s> the <sn="3588">things</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="4459">how</s> she may <sn="700">please</s> her <sn="435">husband</s>. </v>
<vn='35'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5124">this</s> I <sn="3004">speak</s><sn="4314">for</s> your <sn="5216 846">own</s><sn="4851">profit</s>; <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2443">that</s> I may <sn="1911">cast</s> a <sn="1029">snare</s> upon <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="4314">for</s> that which is <sn="2158">comely</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> that ye may attend <sn="2145">upon</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> without <sn="563">distraction</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="1487">if</s> any <sn="5100">man</s><sn="3543">think</s> that he behaveth himself <sn="807">uncomely</s><sn="1909">toward</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3933">virgin</s>, <sn="1437">if</s> she pass the flower of her <sn="5600 5230">age</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3784">need</s><sn="3779">so</s><sn="1096">require</s>, let him <sn="4160">do</s><sn="3739">what</s> he <sn="2309">will</s>, he <sn="264">sinneth</s><sn="3756">not</s>: let them <sn="1060">marry</s>. </v>
<vn='37'><sn="1161">Nevertheless</s><sn="3739">he</s> that <sn="2476">standeth</s><sn="1476">steadfast</s><sn="1722">in</s> his <sn="2588">heart</s>, <sn="2192">having</s><sn="3361">no</s><sn="318">necessity</s>, <sn="1161">but</s><sn="2192">hath</s><sn="1849">power</s><sn="4012">over</s> his <sn="2398">own</s><sn="2307">will</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> hath <sn="5124">so</s><sn="2919">decreed</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="2588">heart</s> that he will <sn="5083">keep</s><sn="1438">his</s><sn="3933">virgin</s>, <sn="4160">doeth</s><sn="2573">well</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>So <sn="5620 *2532">then</s> he that giveth her in <sn="1547">marriage</s><sn="4160">doeth</s><sn="2573">well</s>; <sn="1161">but</s> he that giveth her not in <sn="1547 3361">marriage</s><sn="4160">doeth</s><sn="2908">better</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>The <sn="1135">wife</s> is <sn="1210">bound</s> by the <sn="3551">law</s> as long <sn="1909 3745 5550">as</s><sn="848">her</s><sn="435">husband</s><sn="2198">liveth</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="1437">if</s><sn="848">her</s><sn="435">husband</s> be <sn="2837">dead</s>, she <sn="2076">is</s> at <sn="1658">liberty</s> to be <sn="1060">married</s> to <sn="3739">whom</s> she <sn="2309">will</s>; <sn="3440">only</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='40'><sn="1161">But</s> she <sn="2076">is</s><sn="3107">happier</s><sn="1437">if</s> she <sn="3779">so</s><sn="3306">abide</s>, <sn="2596">after</s><sn="1699">my</s><sn="1106">judgment</s>: <sn="1161">and</s> I <sn="1380">think</s> also that <sn="2504">I</s><sn="2192">have</s> the <sn="4151">Spirit</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>