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1 Corinthians 7:1

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NOW concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 7:8Rank 1 from verse 1
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    8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

  2. 1 Corinthians 7:26–27Rank 2 from verse 1
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    26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

    27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

  3. Matthew 19:10–11Rank 3 from verse 1
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    10¶ His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

    11But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

  4. 1 Corinthians 7:37–38Rank 4 from verse 1
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    37Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

    38So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

  5. Genesis 20:6Rank 5 from verse 1
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    6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

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1 Corinthians 7:1

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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wrote

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Set down, recorded, composed, or communicated in writing; the past tense of write.

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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1NOW concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

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2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

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