Modern Translations New International VersionNow for the matters you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." New Living Translation Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations. English Standard Version Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” Berean Study Bible Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations. New American Standard Bible Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. NASB 1995 Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. NASB 1977 Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. Amplified Bible Now as to the matters of which you wrote: It is good (beneficial, advantageous) for a man not to touch a woman [outside marriage]. Christian Standard Bible Now in response to the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Now in response to the matters you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have relations with a woman." Contemporary English Version Now I will answer the questions you asked in your letter. You asked, "Is it best for people not to marry?" Good News Translation Now, to deal with the matters you wrote about. A man does well not to marry. GOD'S WORD® Translation Now, concerning the things that you wrote about: It's good for men not to get married. International Standard Version Now about what you asked: "Is it advisable for a man not to marry?" NET Bible Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." Classic Translations King James BibleNow concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. New King James Version Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. King James 2000 Bible Now concerning the things of which you wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. New Heart English Bible Now concerning the things about which you wrote: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. World English Bible Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. American King James Version Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. American Standard Version Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. A Faithful Version Now concerning the things that you wrote to me, saying, "It is good for a man not to touch a woman," I say this: Darby Bible Translation But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman; English Revised Version Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Webster's Bible Translation Now concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Early Modern Geneva Bible of 1587Nowe concerning the thinges whereof ye wrote vnto mee, It were good for a man not to touche a woman. Bishops' Bible of 1568 Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman. Coverdale Bible of 1535 As concernynge the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, I answere: It is good for a man not to touche a woman. Tyndale Bible of 1526 As concerninge the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me: it is good for a ma not to touche a woman. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd concerning the things of which you wrote to me: [it is] good for a man not to touch a woman, Berean Literal Bible Now concerning the things about which you wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Young's Literal Translation And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good it is for a man not to touch a woman, Smith's Literal Translation And of what ye wrote to me: good for a man not to touch a woman. Literal Emphasis Translation Now concerning the things which you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleNOW concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Catholic Public Domain Version Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Translations from Aramaic Aramaic Bible in Plain EnglishBut concerning those things of which you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman, Lamsa Bible NOW concerning the things which you wrote to me: It is proper for a husband not to have intimacy with his wife at times. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentNow concerning the things of which you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. Godbey New Testament But concerning those things about which you wrote to me: That it is good for a man not to receive a wife: Haweis New Testament NOW with regard to those things concerning which ye have written unto me, it were good for a man not to touch a woman. Mace New Testament Now as to the question you writ to me about; "whether it is best for a man not to marry?" Weymouth New Testament I now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter. It is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage. Worrell New Testament Now concerning the things of which ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman; Worsley New Testament Now as to the things concerning which ye wrote to me: it were good for a man not to touch a woman.     |