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1 Corinthians 7

Greek — Tischendorf 8th edition · 40 verses

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  1. 1

    Περὶ δὲ ὧν ἐγράψατε καλὸν ἀνθρώπῳ γυναικὸς μὴ ἅπτεσθαι

    about · but · who · to write · good · human being · woman · not · to cling to

  2. 2

    διὰ δὲ τὰς πορνείας ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐχέτω καὶ ἑκάστη τὸν ἴδιον ἄνδρα ἐχέτω

    through · but · the · sexual immorality · each · the · himself · woman · to have · and · each · the · one's own · man · to have

  3. 3

    τῇ γυναικὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀφειλὴν ἀποδιδότω ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ τῷ ἀνδρί

    the · woman · the · man · the · debt · to sell · likewise · but · and · the · woman · the · man

  4. 4

    ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ ἰδίου σώματος οὐκ ἐξουσιάζει ἀλλὰ ὁ ἀνήρ ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ τοῦ ἰδίου σώματος οὐκ ἐξουσιάζει ἀλλὰ ἡ γυνή

    the · woman · the · one's own · body · not · to have authority · but · the · man · likewise · but · and · the · man · the · one's own · body · not · to have authority · but · the · woman

  5. 5

    μὴ ἀποστερεῖτε ἀλλήλους εἰ μήτι ἂν ἐκ συμφώνου πρὸς καιρὸν ἵνα σχολάσητε τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ πάλιν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἦτε ἵνα μὴ πειράζῃ ὑμᾶς ὁ σατανᾶς διὰ τὴν ἀκρασίαν ὑμῶν

    not · to defraud · one another · if · whether · if · from · harmonious · to · time · that · to be idle · the · prayer · and · again · upon · the · he · to be · that · not · to test · you · the · Satan · through · the · incontinence · you

  6. 6

    τοῦτο δὲ λέγω κατὰ συγγνώμην οὐ κατ’ ἐπιταγήν

    this · but · to say · down · pardon · not · down · command

  7. 7

    θέλω δὲ πάντας ἀνθρώπους εἶναι ὡς καὶ ἐμαυτόν ἀλλὰ ἕκαστος ἴδιον ἔχει χάρισμα ἐκ θεοῦ ὁ μὲν οὕτως ὁ δὲ οὕτως

    to will · but · all · human being · to be · as · and · I · but · each · one's own · to have · divine grace · from · God · the · truly · thus · the · but · thus

  8. 8

    Λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις καλὸν αὐτοῖς ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ

    to say · but · the · unmarried · and · the · widow · good · he · if · to remain · as · and I

  9. 9

    εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἐγκρατεύονται γαμησάτωσαν κρεῖττον γάρ ἐστιν γαμεῖν ἢ πυροῦσθαι

    if · but · not · to be self-controlled · to marry off · more excellent · for · to be · to marry off · or · to burn

  10. 10

    τοῖς δὲ γεγαμηκόσιν παραγγέλλω οὐκ ἐγὼ ἀλλὰ ὁ κύριος γυναῖκα ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς μὴ χωρισθῆναι

    the · but · to marry off · to announce · not · I · but · the · Lord · woman · from · man · not · to separate

  11. 11

    ἐὰν δὲ καὶ χωρισθῇ μενέτω ἄγαμος ἢ τῷ ἀνδρὶ καταλλαγήτω καὶ ἄνδρα γυναῖκα μὴ ἀφιέναι

    if · but · and · to separate · to remain · unmarried · or · the · man · to exchange · and · man · woman · not · to send away

  12. 12

    τοῖς δὲ λοιποῖς λέγω ἐγώ οὐχ ὁ κύριος εἴ τις ἀδελφὸς γυναῖκα ἔχει ἄπιστον καὶ αὕτη συνευδοκεῖ οἰκεῖν μετ’ αὐτοῦ μὴ ἀφιέτω αὐτήν

    the · but · remaining · to say · I · not · the · Lord · if · a certain · brother · woman · to have · unfaithful · and · this · to approve together · to dwell in · with · he · not · to send away · he

  13. 13

    καὶ γυνὴ εἴ τις ἔχει ἄνδρα ἄπιστον καὶ οὗτος συνευδοκεῖ οἰκεῖν μετ’ αὐτῆς μὴ ἀφιέτω τὸν ἄνδρα

    and · woman · if · a certain · to have · man · unfaithful · and · this · to approve together · to dwell in · with · he · not · to send away · the · man

  14. 14

    ἡγίασται γὰρ ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἄπιστος ἐν τῇ γυναικί καὶ ἡγίασται ἡ γυνὴ ἡ ἄπιστος ἐν τῷ ἀδελφῷ ἐπεὶ ἄρα τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν ἀκάθαρτά ἐστιν νῦν δὲ ἅγιά ἐστιν

    to hallow · for · the · man · the · unfaithful · in · the · woman · and · to hallow · the · woman · the · unfaithful · in · the · brother · when · therefore · the · child · you · unclean · to be · now · but · saint · to be

  15. 15

    εἰ δὲ ὁ ἄπιστος χωρίζεται χωριζέσθω οὐ δεδούλωται ὁ ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἡ ἀδελφὴ ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις ἐν δὲ εἰρήνῃ κέκληκεν ὑμᾶς ὁ θεός

    if · but · the · unfaithful · to separate · to separate · not · to enslave · the · brother · or · the · sister · in · the · such · in · but · peace · to call · you · the · God

  16. 16

    τί γὰρ οἶδας γύναι εἰ τὸν ἄνδρα σώσεις ἢ τί οἶδας ἄνερ εἰ τὴν γυναῖκα σώσεις

    who · for · to see · woman · if · the · man · to save · or · who · to see · man · if · the · woman · to save

  17. 17

    εἰ μὴ ἑκάστῳ ὡς μεμέρικεν ὁ κύριος ἕκαστον ὡς κέκληκεν ὁ θεός οὕτως περιπατείτω καὶ οὕτως ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις πάσαις διατάσσομαι

    if · not · each · as · to divide · the · Lord · each · as · to call · the · God · thus · to walk · and · thus · in · the · assembly · all · to appoint

  18. 18

    περιτετμημένος τις ἐκλήθη μὴ ἐπισπάσθω ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ κέκληταί τις μὴ περιτεμνέσθω

    to circumcise · a certain · to call · not · to draw on · in · uncircumcised · to call · a certain · not · to circumcise

  19. 19

    ἡ περιτομὴ οὐδέν ἐστιν καὶ ἡ ἀκροβυστία οὐδέν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ τήρησις ἐντολῶν θεοῦ

    the · circumcised · nothing · to be · and · the · uncircumcised · nothing · to be · but · guarding · commandment · God

  20. 20

    ἕκαστος ἐν τῇ κλήσει ᾗ ἐκλήθη ἐν ταύτῃ μενέτω

    each · in · the · calling · who · to call · in · this · to remain

  21. 21

    δοῦλος ἐκλήθης μή σοι μελέτω ἀλλ’ εἰ καὶ δύνασαι ἐλεύθερος γενέσθαι μᾶλλον χρῆσαι

    slave · to call · not · you · to care about · but · if · and · to be able · free · to become · more · to borrow

  22. 22

    ὁ γὰρ ἐν κυρίῳ κληθεὶς δοῦλος ἀπελεύθερος κυρίου ἐστίν ὁμοίως ὁ ἐλεύθερος κληθεὶς δοῦλός ἐστιν Χριστοῦ

    the · for · in · Lord · to call · slave · freedman · Lord · to be · likewise · the · free · to call · slave · to be · Christ

  23. 23

    τιμῆς ἠγοράσθητε μὴ γίνεσθε δοῦλοι ἀνθρώπων

    honor · to loiter in marketplace · not · to become · slave · human being

  24. 24

    ἕκαστος ἐν ᾧ ἐκλήθη ἀδελφοί ἐν τούτῳ μενέτω παρὰ θεῷ

    each · in · who · to call · brother · in · this · to remain · from · God

  25. 25

    Περὶ δὲ τῶν παρθένων ἐπιταγὴν κυρίου οὐκ ἔχω γνώμην δὲ δίδωμι ὡς ἠλεημένος ὑπὸ κυρίου πιστὸς εἶναι

    about · but · the · virgin · command · Lord · not · to have · mind · but · to give · as · to have mercy · under · Lord · faithful · to be

  26. 26

    νομίζω οὖν τοῦτο καλὸν ὑπάρχειν διὰ τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἀνάγκην ὅτι καλὸν ἀνθρώπῳ τὸ οὕτως εἶναι

    to hold custom · therefore · this · good · to be at hand · through · the · to place · necessity · that · good · human being · the · thus · to be

  27. 27

    δέδεσαι γυναικί μὴ ζήτει λύσιν λέλυσαι ἀπὸ γυναικός μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα

    to bind · woman · not · to seek · release · to loose · from · woman · not · to seek · woman

  28. 28

    ἐὰν δὲ καὶ γαμήσῃς οὐχ ἥμαρτες καὶ ἐὰν γήμῃ ἡ παρθένος οὐχ ἥμαρτεν θλῖψιν δὲ τῇ σαρκὶ ἕξουσιν οἱ τοιοῦτοι ἐγὼ δὲ ὑμῶν φείδομαι

    if · but · and · to marry off · not · to sin · and · if · to marry off · the · virgin · not · to sin · affliction · but · the · flesh · to have · the · such · I · but · you · to spare

  29. 29

    τοῦτο δέ φημι ἀδελφοί ὁ καιρὸς συνεσταλμένος ἐστίν τὸ λοιπὸν ἵνα καὶ οἱ ἔχοντες γυναῖκας ὡς μὴ ἔχοντες ὦσιν

    this · but · to declare · brother · the · time · to shorten · to be · the · remaining · that · and · the · to have · woman · as · not · to have · to be

  30. 30

    καὶ οἱ κλαίοντες ὡς μὴ κλαίοντες καὶ οἱ χαίροντες ὡς μὴ χαίροντες καὶ οἱ ἀγοράζοντες ὡς μὴ κατέχοντες

    and · the · to mourn · as · not · to mourn · and · the · to rejoice · as · not · to rejoice · and · the · to loiter in marketplace · as · not · to hold back

  31. 31

    καὶ οἱ χρώμενοι τὸν κόσμον ὡς μὴ καταχρώμενοι παράγει γὰρ τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου

    and · the · to borrow · the · world · as · not · to use up · to pass by · for · the · appearance · the · world · this

  32. 32

    θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀμερίμνους εἶναι ὁ ἄγαμος μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κυρίου πῶς ἀρέσῃ τῷ κυρίῳ

    to will · but · you · carefree · to be · the · unmarried · to be anxious · the · the · Lord · how · to please · the · Lord

  33. 33

    ὁ δὲ γαμήσας μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κόσμου πῶς ἀρέσῃ τῇ γυναικί

    the · but · to marry off · to be anxious · the · the · world · how · to please · the · woman

  34. 34

    καὶ μεμέρισται καὶ ἡ γυνὴ καὶ ἡ παρθένος ἡ ἄγαμος μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἵνα ᾖ ἁγία καὶ τῷ σώματι καὶ τῷ πνεύματι ἡ δὲ γαμήσασα μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κόσμου πῶς ἀρέσῃ τῷ ἀνδρί

    and · to divide · and · the · woman · and · the · virgin · the · unmarried · to be anxious · the · the · Lord · that · to be · saint · and · the · body · and · the · spirit · the · but · to marry off · to be anxious · the · the · world · how · to please · the · man

  35. 35

    τοῦτο δὲ πρὸς τὸ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν σύμφορον λέγω οὐχ ἵνα βρόχον ὑμῖν ἐπιβάλω ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸ εὔσχημον καὶ εὐπάρεδρον τῷ κυρίῳ ἀπερισπάστως

    this · but · to · the · you · he · to bring together · to say · not · that · noose · you · to cast upon · but · to · the · graceful · and · devoted · the · Lord · without anxiety

  36. 36

    εἰ δέ τις ἀσχημονεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν παρθένον αὐτοῦ νομίζει ἐὰν ᾖ ὑπέρακμος καὶ οὕτως ὀφείλει γίνεσθαι ὃ θέλει ποιείτω οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει γαμείτωσαν

    if · but · a certain · to behave unseemly · upon · the · virgin · he · to hold custom · if · to be · overripe · and · thus · to owe · to become · who · to will · to make · not · to sin · to marry off

  37. 37

    ὃς δὲ ἕστηκεν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἑδραῖος μὴ ἔχων ἀνάγκην ἐξουσίαν δὲ ἔχει περὶ τοῦ ἰδίου θελήματος καὶ τοῦτο κέκρικεν ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ καρδίᾳ τηρεῖν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ παρθένον καλῶς ποιήσει

    who · but · to stand · in · the · heart · he · firm · not · to have · necessity · authority · but · to have · about · the · one's own · will · and · this · to judge · in · the · one's own · heart · to guard · the · himself · virgin · well · to make

  38. 38

    ὥστε καὶ ὁ γαμίζων τὴν ἑαυτοῦ παρθένον καλῶς ποιεῖ καὶ ὁ μὴ γαμίζων κρεῖσσον ποιήσει

    so that · and · the · to give in marriage · the · himself · virgin · well · to make · and · the · not · to give in marriage · better · to make

  39. 39

    γυνὴ δέδεται ἐφ’ ὅσον χρόνον ζῇ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ἐὰν δὲ κοιμηθῇ ὁ ἀνήρ ἐλευθέρα ἐστὶν ᾧ θέλει γαμηθῆναι μόνον ἐν κυρίῳ

    woman · to bind · upon · how much · time · to live · the · man · he · if · but · to sleep · the · man · free · to be · who · to will · to marry off · only · in · Lord

  40. 40

    μακαριωτέρα δέ ἐστιν ἐὰν οὕτως μείνῃ κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴν γνώμην δοκῶ δὲ κἀγὼ πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἔχειν

    blessed · but · to be · if · thus · to remain · down · the · my · mind · to think · but · and I · spirit · God · to have

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