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NowδὲconcerningΠερὶthe things about whichὧνyou wrote:ἐγράψατεIt isgoodκαλὸνfor a manἀνθρώπῳnotμὴto touchἅπτεσθαιa woman.γυναικὸς
1 Corinthians 7:1
Study it in the app“Now concerning the things about which you wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 7:1, word by word
- you wroteἐγράψατεegrapsate
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “egrapsate” appears- goodκαλὸνkalon
beautiful
Lovely to look at.
Where else “kalon” appears- for a manἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōi
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōi” appears- to touchἅπτεσθαιhaptesthai
touch
To lay a hand on someone or something, sometimes to heal or in faith.
Where else “haptesthai” appears- a womanγυναικὸςgynaikos
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynaikos” appears
Translation note
Probably another saying of the Corinthians that Paul quotes. “To touch a woman” is a way of speaking of sexual relations.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2But because of the cases of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.