论到你们信上所题的事,我说男不近女倒好。
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
但要免淫乱的事,男人当各有自己的妻子,女子也当各有自己的丈夫。
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
倘若自己禁止不住,就可以嫁娶。与其欲火攻心,倒不如嫁娶为妙。
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
至于那已经嫁娶的,我吩咐他们,其实不是我吩咐,乃是主吩咐,说,妻子不可离开丈夫。
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
若是离开了,不可再嫁。或是同丈夫和好。丈夫也不可离弃妻子。
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
妻子有不信的丈夫,丈夫也情愿和他同住,他就不要离弃丈夫。
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
倘若那不信的人要离去,就由他离去吧。无论是弟兄,是姐妹,遇着这样的事,都不必拘束。神召我们原是要我们和睦。
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
你这作妻子的,怎吗知道不能救你的丈夫呢。你这作丈夫的,怎吗知道不能救你的妻子呢。
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
有人已受割礼蒙召呢,就不要废割礼。有人未受割礼蒙召呢,就不要受割礼。
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
受割礼算不得什么,不受割礼也算不得什么。只要守神的诫命就是了。
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.