7Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: t“It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3uThe husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
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1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — The New International Version (NIV)
1Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. 3The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
1Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations. 2But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
3The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs.
1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
1Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me:
It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — New Century Version (NCV)
1Now I will discuss the things you wrote me about. It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman. 2But because sexual sin is a danger, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband. 3The husband should give his wife all that he owes her as his wife. And the wife should give her husband all that she owes him as her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1But concerning the things of which ye have written to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman; 2but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each woman have her own husband. 3Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
1Now, concerning the things that you wrote about: It’s good for men not to get married. 2But in order to avoid sexual sins, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
3Husbands and wives should satisfy each other’s ⸤sexual⸥ needs.
1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1Now in response to the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have relations with a woman.” 2But because sexual immorality is so common, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband. 3A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is well for a man not to touch a woman.” 2But because of cases of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
1Now concerning the things about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.” 2But because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband. 3The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
1Now I want to deal with the things you wrote me about.
Some of you say, “It is good for a man not to have sex with a woman.” 2But since there is so much sexual sin, each man should have his own wife. And each woman should have her own husband. 3A husband should satisfy his wife’s sexual needs. And a wife should satisfy her husband’s sexual needs.
1 Corinthians 7:1–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
1Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.
3The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
