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 关于你们信上所提的事， 我认为男人不亲近女人倒好。

2 但为了避免淫乱的事， 男人应当各有自己的妻子， 女人也应当各有自己的丈夫。

3 丈夫对妻子应该尽他的本分， 妻子对丈夫也应当这样。

4 妻子对自己的身体没有主权， 权在丈夫； 照样， 丈夫对自己的身体也没有主权， 权在妻子。

5 夫妻不可彼此亏负， 除非为了要专心祷告， 双方才可以同意暂时分房。以后仍要同房， 免得撒但趁着你们情不自禁的时候诱惑你们。

6 我说这话是容许你们， 并不是命令。

7 我愿人人都像我一样； 只是各人有各人从 神得来的恩赐， 有人是这样， 有人是那样。

8 我现在要对未婚的人和寡妇说， 他们若保持像我这样就好了；

9 但如果不能自制， 就应当结婚， 因为结婚总比欲火焚身好。

10 我要吩咐已婚的人（其实不是我， 而是主吩咐的）， 妻子不可离开丈夫。

11 如果离开了， 就不可再嫁， 不然， 就要跟丈夫复合。丈夫也不可离弃妻子。

12 我要对其余的人说（是我说的， 不是主说的）， 倘若某弟兄有不信的妻子， 而她也情愿和他住在一起， 他就不要离弃她。

13 如果妻子有不信的丈夫， 而他也情愿和她住在一起， 她也不要离弃丈夫。

14 因为不信的丈夫因着妻子成为圣洁， 不信的妻子也因着那个弟兄成为圣洁了。不然， 你们的儿女就是不洁净的， 但现在他们都是圣洁的了。

15 如果那不信的要离去， 就由他离去吧； 在这种情形之下， 信主的弟兄或姊妹都不必勉强。 神呼召你们， 是要你们和睦。

16 你这作妻子的， 你怎么知道不能救你的丈夫呢？你这作丈夫的， 你怎么知道不能救你的妻子呢？

17 不过， 主怎样分给各人， 神怎样呼召各人， 各人就要照着去行事为人。我也这样吩咐各教会。

18 有人受了割礼而蒙召的吗？他就不要遮掩割礼的记号。有人未受割礼而蒙召的吗？他就不要受割礼。

19 割礼算不得什么， 没有割礼也算不得什么， 要紧的是遵守 神的命令。

20 各人蒙召的时候怎样， 他就应当保持原来的情况。

21 你蒙召的时候是作奴仆的吗？不要为此烦恼。但如果你能够得到自由， 就要把握这机会。

22 因为作奴仆的蒙了主的呼召， 就是属于主的自由人了； 照样， 自由的人蒙了呼召， 他就是基督的奴仆了。

23 你们是用重价买来的， 不要作人的奴仆。

24 弟兄们， 你们各人蒙召的时候怎样， 就应当在 神面前保持这原来的情况。

25 关于守独身的女子， 我没有主的命令， 但我既然蒙了主的怜悯， 成为可信靠的人， 就把我的意见提出来。

26 为了目前的困难， 我认为人最好能保持现状。

27 你已经有了妻子吗？就不要想摆脱。你还没有妻子吗？就不要去找妻子。

28 如果你娶妻子， 这不是犯罪； 如果处女出嫁， 也不是犯罪。不过， 这样的人要受肉体上的苦难， 我却不愿你们受这苦难。

29 弟兄们， 我是说时候不多了。从今以后， 有妻子的要像没有妻子的，

30 哀哭的要像不哀哭的， 快乐的要像不快乐的， 买了东西的要像一无所得的，

31 享用世上百物的要像没有享用的一样， 因为这世上的情况都要过去。

32 我愿你们无所挂虑。没有娶妻子的人， 挂念的是主的事， 想怎样去得主喜悦；

33 但娶了妻子的人是为世上的事挂虑， 想怎样去讨妻子的欢心，

34 这样他就分心了。没有结婚的妇女和守独身的女子， 挂念的是主的事， 好让身体和心灵都成为圣洁； 但结了婚的妇女是为世上的事挂虑， 想怎样去讨丈夫的欢心。

35 我说这话， 是为了你们自己的益处； 我不是要限制你们， 而是要你们作合宜的事， 一心一意地对主忠诚。

36 如果有人认为是亏待了自己的女朋友， 她也过了结婚的年龄， 而他觉得应当结婚， 他就可以照着自己的意思去作， 这不是犯罪； 他们应该结婚。

37 但如果他心里坚决， 没有什么不得已的原因， 又可以控制自己的意志， 决心让女朋友持守独身； 这样作也是好的。

38 所以， 那跟自己的女朋友结婚的， 作得好， 那不结婚的， 作得更好。（或译： "36如果有人认为待自己的女儿不合适， 她也过了结婚的年龄， 而且应当这样行， 他就可以照着自己的意思去作， 让她们结婚， 这不是犯罪。37但如果他心里坚定， 没有什么不得已的原因， 又有权作主， 决心留下自己的女儿， 这样作也是好的。38所以， 那让自己女儿出嫁的， 作得好， 那不让女儿出嫁的， 作得更好。"）

39 丈夫活着的时候， 妻子是受约束的； 丈夫若死了， 她就可以自由地嫁给她愿意嫁的人， 只是要嫁给主里的人。

40 然而照我的意见， 倘若她能守节， 就更有福了。我想我这话也是 神的灵感动的。