고린도전서 7

1너희의 쓴 말에 대하여는 남자가 여자를 가까이 아니함이 좋으나 2음행의 연고로 남자마다 자기 아내를 두고 여자마다 자기 남편을 두라 3남편은 그 아내에게 대한 의무를 다하고 아내도 그 남편에게 그렇게 할지라 4아내가 자기 몸을 주장하지 못하고 오직 그 남편이 하며 남편도 이와 같이 자기 몸을 주장하지 못하고 오직 그 아내가 하나니 5서로 분방하지 말라 다만 기도할 틈을 얻기 위하여 합의상 얼마 동안은 하되 다시 합하라 이는 너희의 절제 못함을 인하여 사단으로 너희를 시험하지 못하게 하려 함이라 6그러나 내가 이 말을 함은 권도요 명령은 아니라 7나는 모든 사람이 나와 같기를 원하노라 그러나 각각 하나님께 받은 자기의 은사가 있으니 하나는 이러하고 하나는 저러하니라 8내가 혼인하지 아니한 자들과 및 과부들에게 이르노니 나와 같이 그냥 지내는 것이 좋으니라 9만일 절제할 수 없거든 혼인하라 정욕이 불 같이 타는 것보다 혼인하는 것이 나으니라 10혼인한 자들에게 내가 명하노니 (명하는 자는 내가 아니요 주시라) 여자는 남편에게서 갈리지 말고 11(만일 갈릴지라도 그냥 지내든지 다시 그 남편과 화합하든지 하라) 남편도 아내를 버리지 말라 12그 남은 사람들에게 내가 말하노니 (이는 주의 명령이 아니라) 만일 어떤 형제에게 믿지 아니하는 아내가 있어 남편과 함께 살기를 좋아하거든 저를 버리지 말며 13어떤 여자에게 믿지 아니하는 남편이 있어 아내와 함께 살기를 좋아하거든 그 남편을 버리지 말라 14믿지 아니하는 남편이 아내로 인하여 거룩하게 되고 믿지 아니하는 아내가 남편으로 인하여 거룩하게 되나니 그렇지 아니하면 너희 자녀도 깨끗지 못하니라 그러나 이제 거룩하니라 15혹 믿지 아니하는 자가 갈리거든 갈리게 하라 형제나 자매나 이런 일에 구속 받을 것이 없느니라 그러나 하나님은 화평 중에서 너희를 부르셨느니라 16아내 된 자여 네가 남편을 구원할는지 어찌 알 수 있으며 남편된 자여 네가 네 아내를 구원할는지 어찌 알 수 있으리요 17오직 주께서 각 사람에게 나눠주신 대로 하나님이 각 사람을 부르신 그대로 행하라 내가 모든 교회에서 이와 같이 명하노라 18할례자로 부르심을 받은 자가 있느냐 무할례자가 되지 말며 무할례자로 부르심을 받은 자가 있느냐 할례를 받지 말라 19할례 받는 것도 아무 것도 아니요 할례 받지 아니하는 것도 아무 것도 아니로되 오직 하나님의 계명을 지킬 따름이니라 20각 사람이 부르심을 받은 그 부르심 그대로 지내라 21네가 종으로 있을 때에 부르심을 받았느냐 염려하지 말라 그러나 자유할 수 있거든 차라리 사용하라 22주 안에서 부르심을 받은 자는 종이라도 주께 속한 자유자요 또 이와 같이 자유자로 있을 때에 부르심을 받은 자는 그리스도의 종이니라 23너희는 값으로 사신 것이니 사람들의 종이 되지 말라 24형제들아 각각 부르심을 받은 그대로 하나님과 함께 거하라 25처녀에 대하여는 내가 주께 받은 계명이 없으되 주의 자비하심을 받아서 충성된 자가 되어 의견을 고하노니 26내 생각에는 이것이 좋으니 곧 임박한 환난을 인하여 사람이 그냥 지내는 것이 좋으니라 27네가 아내에게 매였느냐 놓이기를 구하지 말며 아내에게서 놓였느냐 아내를 구하지 말라 28그러나 장가 가도 죄 짓는 것이 아니요 처녀가 시집 가도 죄 짓는 것이 아니로되 이런 이들은 육신에 고난이 있으리니 나는 너희를 아끼노라 29형제들아 내가 이 말을 하노니 때가 단축하여진 고로 이후부터 아내 있는 자들은 없는 자 같이 하며 30우는 자들은 울지 않는 자 같이 하며 기쁜 자들은 기쁘지 않은 자 같이 하며 매매하는 자들은 없는 자 같이 하며 31세상 물건을 쓰는 자들은 다 쓰지 못하는 자 같이 하라 이 세상의 형적은 지나감이니라 32너희가 염려 없기를 원하노라 장가 가지 않은 자는 주의 일을 염려하여 어찌하여야 주를 기쁘시게 할꼬 하되 33장가 간 자는 세상 일을 염려하여 어찌하여야 아내를 기쁘게 할꼬 하여 마음이 나누이며 34시집 가지 않은 자와 처녀는 주의 일을 염려하여 몸과 영을 다 거룩하게 하려 하되 시집 간 자는 세상 일을 염려하여 어찌하여야 남편을 기쁘게 할꼬 하느니라 35내가 이것을 말함은 너희의 유익을 위함이요 너희에게 올무를 놓으려 함이 아니니 오직 너희로 하여금 이치에 합하게 하여 분요함이 없이 주를 섬기게 하려 함이라 36누가 자기의 처녀 딸에 대한 일이 이치에 합당치 못한 줄로 생각할 때에 혼기도 지나고 그같이 할 필요가 있거든 마음대로 하라 이것은 죄 짓는 것이 아니니 혼인하게 하라 37그러나 그 마음을 굳게 하고 또 부득이한 일도 없고 자기 뜻대로 할 권리가 있어서 그 처녀 딸을 머물러 두기로 마음에 작정하여도 잘 하는 것이니라 38그러므로 처녀 딸을 시집 보내는 자도 잘 하거니와 시집 보내지 아니하는 자가 더 잘 하는 것이니라 39아내가 그 남편이 살 동안에 매여 있다가 남편이 죽으면 자유하여 자기 뜻대로 시집 갈 것이나 주 안에서만 할 것이니라 40그러나 내 뜻에는 그냥 지내는 것이 더욱 복이 있으리로다 나도 또한 하나님의 영을 받은 줄로 생각하노라

1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife. 5Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment. 7Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind. 8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. 9But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn. 10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband 11(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife. 12But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her. 13The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband. 14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. 15Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace. 16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? 17Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies. 18Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised. 19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 20Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called. 21Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it. 22For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant. 23You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men. 24Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God. 25Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy. 26I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is. 27Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife. 28But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you. 29But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none; 30and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess; 31and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away. 32But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; 33but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife. 34There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband. 35This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction. 36But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry. 37But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well. 38So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better. 39A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord. 40But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.

1Aangaande nu de dingen, waarvan gij mij geschreven hebt: het is een mens goed geen vrouw aan te raken. 2Maar om der hoererijen wil zal een iegelijk man zijn eigen vrouw hebben, en een iegelijke vrouw zal haar eigen man hebben. 3De man zal aan de vrouw de schuldige goedwilligheid betalen; en desgelijks ook de vrouw aan den man. 4De vrouw heeft de macht niet over haar eigen lichaam, maar de man; en desgelijks ook de man heeft de macht niet over zijn eigen lichaam, maar de vrouw. 5Onttrekt u elkander niet, tenzij dan met beider toestemming voor een tijd, opdat gij u tot vasten en bidden moogt verledigen; en komt wederom bijeen, opdat u de satan niet verzoeke, omdat gij u niet kunt onthouden. 6Doch dit zeg ik uit toelating, niet uit bevel. 7Want ik wilde, dat alle mensen waren, gelijk als ikzelf ben; maar een iegelijk heeft zijn eigen gave van God, de een wel aldus, maar de andere alzo. 8Doch ik zeg den ongetrouwden, en den weduwen: Het is hun goed, indien zij blijven, gelijk als ik. 9Maar indien zij zich niet kunnen onthouden, dat zij trouwen; want het is beter te trouwen dan te branden. 10Doch den getrouwden gebiede niet ik, maar de Heere, dat de vrouw van den man niet scheide. 11En indien zij ook scheidt, dat zij ongetrouwd blijve, of met den man verzoene; en dat de man de vrouw niet verlate. 12Maar den anderen zeg ik, niet de Heere: Indien enig broeder een ongelovige vrouw heeft, en dezelve tevreden is bij hem te wonen, dat hij ze niet verlate. 13En een vrouw, die een ongelovige man heeft, en hij tevreden is bij haar te wonen, dat zij hem niet verlate. 14Want de ongelovige man is geheiligd door de vrouw, en de ongelovige vrouw is geheiligd door den man; want anders waren uw kinderen onrein, maar nu zijn zij heilig. 15Maar indien de ongelovige scheidt, dat hij scheide. De broeder of de zuster wordt in zodanige gevallen niet dienstbaar gemaakt; maar God heeft ons tot vrede geroepen. 16Want wat weet gij, vrouw, of gij den man zult zalig maken? Of wat weet gij, man, of gij de vrouw zult zalig maken? 17Doch gelijk God aan een iegelijk heeft uitgedeeld, gelijk de Heere een iegelijk geroepen heeft, dat hij alzo wandele; en alzo verordene ik in al de Gemeenten. 18Is iemand, besneden zijnde, geroepen, die late zich geen voorhuid aantrekken; is iemand, in de voorhuid zijnde, geroepen, die late zich niet besnijden. 19De besnijdenis is niets, en de voorhuid is niets, maar de onderhouding der geboden Gods. 20Een iegelijk blijve in die beroeping, daar hij in geroepen is. 21Zijt gij, een dienstknecht zijnde, geroepen, laat u dat niet bekommeren; maar indien gij ook kunt vrij worden, gebruik dat liever. 22Want die in den Heere geroepen is, een dienstknecht zijnde, die is een vrijgelatene des Heeren; desgelijks ook, die vrij zijnde geroepen is, die is een dienstknecht van Christus. 23Gij zijt duur gekocht, wordt geen dienstknechten der mensen. 24Een iegelijk, waarin hij geroepen is, broeders, die blijve in hetzelve bij God. 25Aangaande de maagden nu, heb ik geen bevel des Heeren; maar ik zeg mijn gevoelen, als die barmhartigheid van den Heere gekregen heb, om getrouw te zijn. 26Ik houde dan dit goed te zijn, om den aanstaanden nood, dat het, zeg ik, den mens goed is alzo te zijn. 27Zijt gij aan een vrouw verbonden, zoek geen ontbinding; zijt gij ongebonden van een vrouw, zoek geen vrouw. 28Maar indien gij ook trouwt, gij zondigt niet; en indien een maagd trouwt, zij zondigt niet. Doch dezulken zullen verdrukking hebben in het vlees; en ik spare ulieden. 29Maar dit zeg ik, broeders, dat de tijd voorts kort is; opdat ook die vrouwen hebben, zouden zijn als niet hebbende; 30En die wenen, als niet wenende; en die blijde zijn, als niet blijde zijnde; en die kopen, als niet bezittende; 31En die deze wereld gebruiken, als niet misbruikende; want de gedaante dezer wereld gaat voorbij. 32En ik wil, dat gij zonder bekommernis zijt. De ongetrouwde bekommert zich met de dingen des Heeren, hoe hij den Heere zal behagen; 33Maar die getrouwd is, bekommert zich met de dingen der wereld, hoe hij de vrouw zal behagen. 34Een vrouw en een maagd zijn onderscheiden. De ongetrouwde bekommert zich met de dingen des Heeren, opdat zij heilig zij, beide aan lichaam en aan geest; maar die getrouwd is, bekommert zich met de dingen der wereld, hoe zij den man zal behagen. 35En dit zeg ik tot uw eigen voordeel; niet opdat ik een strik over u zou werpen, maar om u te leiden tot hetgeen wel voegt, en bekwaam is, om den Heere wel aan te hangen, zonder herwaarts en derwaarts getrokken te worden. 36Maar zo iemand acht, dat hij ongevoegelijk handelt met zijn maagd, indien zij over den jeugdigen tijd gaat, en het alzo moet geschieden; die doe wat hij wil, hij zondigt niet; dat zij trouwen. 37Doch die vast staat in zijn hart, geen noodzaak hebbende, maar macht heeft over zijn eigen wil, en dit in zijn hart besloten heeft, dat hij zijn maagd zal bewaren, die doet wel. 38Alzo dan, die haar ten huwelijk uitgeeft, die doet wel; en die ze ten huwelijk niet uitgeeft, die doet beter. 39Een vrouw is door de wet verbonden, zo langen tijd haar man leeft; maar indien haar man ontslapen is, zo is zij vrij, om te trouwen, dien zij wil, alleenlijk in den Heere. 40Maar zij is gelukkiger, indien zij alzo blijft, naar mijn gevoelen. En ik meen ook den Geest Gods te hebben.