Προς Κορινθιους Α΄ 7

1 περι δε ων εγραψατε καλον ανθρωπω γυναικος μη απτεσθαι

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 δια δε τας πορνειας εκαστος την εαυτου γυναικα εχετω και εκαστη τον ιδιον ανδρα εχετω

But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

3 τη γυναικι ο ανηρ την οφειλην αποδιδοτω ομοιως δε και η γυνη τω ανδρι

A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband.

4 η γυνη του ιδιου σωματος ουκ εξουσιαζει αλλα ο ανηρ ομοιως δε και ο ανηρ του ιδιου σωματος ουκ εξουσιαζει αλλα η γυνη

It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body.

5 μη αποστερειτε αλληλους ει μητι {VAR1: [αν] } {VAR2: αν } εκ συμφωνου προς καιρον ινα σχολασητε τη προσευχη και παλιν επι το αυτο ητε ινα μη πειραζη υμας ο σατανας δια την ακρασιαν {VAR1: [υμων] } {VAR2: υμων }

So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.

6 τουτο δε λεγω κατα συγγνωμην ου κατ επιταγην

But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.

7 θελω δε παντας ανθρωπους ειναι ως και εμαυτον αλλα εκαστος ιδιον εχει χαρισμα εκ θεου ο μεν ουτως ο δε ουτως

For I would prefer it if you were all like myself. But each person has his proper gift from God: one in this way, yet another in that way.

8 λεγω δε τοις αγαμοις και ταις χηραις καλον αυτοις εαν μεινωσιν ως καγω

But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am.

9 ει δε ουκ εγκρατευονται γαμησατωσαν κρειττον γαρ εστιν {VAR1: γαμειν } {VAR2: γαμησαι } η πυρουσθαι

But if they cannot restrain themselves, they should marry. For it is better to marry, than to be burned.

10 τοις δε γεγαμηκοσιν παραγγελλω ουκ εγω αλλα ο κυριος γυναικα απο ανδρος μη χωρισθηναι

But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband.

11 εαν δε και χωρισθη μενετω αγαμος η τω ανδρι καταλλαγητω και ανδρα γυναικα μη αφιεναι

But if she has separated from him, she must remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.

12 τοις δε λοιποις λεγω εγω ουχ ο κυριος ει τις αδελφος γυναικα εχει απιστον και αυτη συνευδοκει οικειν μετ αυτου μη αφιετω αυτην

Concerning the rest, I am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

13 και γυνη {VAR1: ητις } {VAR2: ει τις } εχει ανδρα απιστον και ουτος συνευδοκει οικειν μετ αυτης μη αφιετω τον ανδρα

And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce her husband.

14 ηγιασται γαρ ο ανηρ ο απιστος εν τη γυναικι και ηγιασται η γυνη η απιστος εν τω αδελφω επει αρα τα τεκνα υμων ακαθαρτα εστιν νυν δε αγια εστιν

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through the believing husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, whereas instead they are holy.

15 ει δε ο απιστος χωριζεται χωριζεσθω ου δεδουλωται ο αδελφος η η αδελφη εν τοις τοιουτοις εν δε ειρηνη κεκληκεν υμας ο θεος

But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart. For a brother or sister cannot be made subject to servitude in this way. For God has called us to peace.

16 τι γαρ οιδας γυναι ει τον ανδρα σωσεις η τι οιδας ανερ ει την γυναικα σωσεις

And how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

17 ει μη εκαστω ως {VAR1: μεμερικεν } {VAR2: εμερισεν } ο κυριος εκαστον ως κεκληκεν ο θεος ουτως περιπατειτω και ουτως εν ταις εκκλησιαις πασαις διατασσομαι

However, let each one walk just as the Lord has distributed to him, each one just as God has called him. And thus do I teach in all the churches.

18 περιτετμημενος τις εκληθη μη επισπασθω εν ακροβυστια κεκληται τις μη περιτεμνεσθω

Has any circumcised man been called? Let him not cover his circumcision. Has any uncircumcised man been called? Let him not be circumcised.

19 η περιτομη ουδεν εστιν και η ακροβυστια ουδεν εστιν αλλα τηρησις εντολων θεου

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; there is only the observance of the commandments of God.

20 εκαστος εν τη κλησει η εκληθη εν ταυτη μενετω

Let each and every one remain in the same calling to which he was called.

21 δουλος εκληθης μη σοι μελετω αλλ ει και δυνασαι ελευθερος γενεσθαι μαλλον χρησαι

Are you a servant who has been called? Do not be concerned about it. But if you ever have the ability to be free, make use of it.

22 ο γαρ εν κυριω κληθεις δουλος απελευθερος κυριου εστιν ομοιως ο ελευθερος κληθεις δουλος εστιν χριστου

For any servant who has been called in the Lord is free in the Lord. Similarly, any free person who has been called is a servant in Christ.

23 τιμης ηγορασθητε μη γινεσθε δουλοι ανθρωπων

You have been bought with a price. Do not be willing to become the servants of men.

24 εκαστος εν ω εκληθη αδελφοι εν τουτω μενετω παρα θεω

Brothers, let each one, in whatever state he was called, remain in that state with God.

25 περι δε των παρθενων επιταγην κυριου ουκ εχω γνωμην δε διδωμι ως ηλεημενος υπο κυριου πιστος ειναι

Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give counsel, as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord, so as to be faithful.

26 νομιζω ουν τουτο καλον υπαρχειν δια την ενεστωσαν αναγκην οτι καλον ανθρωπω το ουτως ειναι

Therefore, I consider this to be good, because of the present necessity: that it is good for a man to be such as I am.

27 δεδεσαι γυναικι μη ζητει λυσιν λελυσαι απο γυναικος μη ζητει γυναικα

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife.

28 εαν δε και γαμησης ουχ ημαρτες και εαν γημη {VAR1: [η] } {VAR2: η } παρθενος ουχ ημαρτεν θλιψιν δε τη σαρκι εξουσιν οι τοιουτοι εγω δε υμων φειδομαι

But if you take a wife, you have not sinned. And if a virgin has married, she has not sinned. Even so, such as these will have the tribulation of the flesh. But I would spare you from this.

29 τουτο δε φημι αδελφοι ο καιρος συνεσταλμενος εστιν το λοιπον ινα και οι εχοντες γυναικας ως μη εχοντες ωσιν

And so, this is what I say, brothers: The time is short. What remains of it is such that: those who have wives should be as if they had none;

30 και οι κλαιοντες ως μη κλαιοντες και οι χαιροντες ως μη χαιροντες και οι αγοραζοντες ως μη κατεχοντες

and those who weep, as though they were not weeping; and those who rejoice, as if they were not rejoicing; and those who buy, as if they possessed nothing;

31 και οι χρωμενοι τον κοσμον ως μη καταχρωμενοι παραγει γαρ το σχημα του κοσμου τουτου

and those who use the things of this world, as if they were not using them. For the figure of this world is passing away.

32 θελω δε υμας αμεριμνους ειναι ο αγαμος μεριμνα τα του κυριου πως αρεση τω κυριω

But I would prefer you to be without worry. Whoever is without a wife is worried about the things of the Lord, as to how he may please God.

33 ο δε γαμησας μεριμνα τα του κοσμου πως αρεση τη γυναικι

But whoever is with a wife is worried about the things of the world, as to how he may please his wife. And so, he is divided.

34 και μεμερισται και η γυνη η αγαμος και η παρθενος μεριμνα τα του κυριου ινα η αγια {VAR1: [και] } {VAR2: και } τω σωματι και τω πνευματι η δε γαμησασα μεριμνα τα του κοσμου πως αρεση τω ανδρι

And the unmarried woman and the virgin think about the things that are of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit. But she who is married thinks about the things that are of the world, as to how she may please her husband.

35 τουτο δε προς το υμων αυτων συμφορον λεγω ουχ ινα βροχον υμιν επιβαλω αλλα προς το ευσχημον και ευπαρεδρον τω κυριω απερισπαστως

Furthermore, I am saying this for your own benefit, not in order to cast a snare over you, but toward whatever is honest and whatever may provide you with the ability to be without hindrance, so as to worship the Lord.

36 ει δε τις ασχημονειν επι την παρθενον αυτου νομιζει εαν η υπερακμος και ουτως οφειλει γινεσθαι ο θελει ποιειτω ουχ αμαρτανει γαμειτωσαν

But if any man considers himself to seem dishonorable, concerning a virgin who is of adult age, and so it ought to be, he may do as he wills. If he marries her, he does not sin.

37 ος δε εστηκεν εν τη καρδια αυτου εδραιος μη εχων αναγκην εξουσιαν δε εχει περι του ιδιου θεληματος και τουτο κεκρικεν εν τη ιδια καρδια τηρειν την εαυτου παρθενον καλως ποιησει

But if he has decided firmly in his heart, and he does not have any obligation, but only the power of his free will, and if he has judged this in his heart, to let her remain a virgin, he does well.

38 ωστε και ο γαμιζων την εαυτου παρθενον καλως ποιει και ο μη γαμιζων κρεισσον ποιησει

And so, he who joins with his virgin in matrimony does well, and he who does not join with her does better.

39 γυνη δεδεται εφ οσον χρονον ζη ο ανηρ αυτης εαν δε κοιμηθη ο ανηρ ελευθερα εστιν ω θελει γαμηθηναι μονον εν κυριω

A woman is bound under the law for as long as her husband lives. But if her husband has died, she is free. She may marry whomever she wishes, but only in the Lord.

40 μακαριωτερα δε εστιν εαν ουτως μεινη κατα την εμην γνωμην δοκω {VAR1: γαρ } {VAR2: δε } καγω πνευμα θεου εχειν

But she will be more blessed, if she remains in this state, in accord with my counsel. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.