King James Version

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to me” (μοι,) before [It is] here.

Περὶpericoncerningπερίpreposition — “concerning”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “concerning”.concerningδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὧνhōnthings whereofὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “things whereof”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.the things whereofἐγράψατεegrapsateye wroteγράφω (graphō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye wrote”, a single actionG1125I write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures).ye wroteκαλὸνkalonIt is goodκαλός (kalos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “It is good”, the subject formG2570beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.This verse uses “good”.It is goodἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōfor a manἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “for a man”, the to- or for-formG444a man, one of the human race.This verse uses “a man”.for a manγυναικὸςgunaikosa womanγυνή (gunē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “a woman”, the of-formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.This verse uses “a woman”.a womanμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἅπτεσθαιhaptesthaito kindleἅπτω (haptō)verb, present middle infinitive — “to kindle”, an ongoing or repeated actionG681I kindle, light.This verse uses “kindle”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

μοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, 1st person, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Literal (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,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now concerning the things whereof ye 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,

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman;

Douay-Rheims

Now concerning the thing whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

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