Η ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ

First Epistle to the Corinthians

CHAPTER 7

| 1 | περι |  | δε |  | ων |  | εγραψατε |  | μοι |  | καλον |  | ανθρωπω |  | γυναικος |  | μη
|  | But concerning |  | ♦ |  | what things |  | ye wrote |  | to me: |  | [It is] good |  | for a man |  | a 4 woman 5 |  | not 1

| απτεσθαι |  |
| to 2 touch; 3 |  |

| 2 | δια |  | δε |  | τας |  | πορνειας |  | εκαστος |  | την |  | εαυτου |  | γυναικα |
|  | but on account of |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | fornication |  | each 2 |  | his 4 own 5 wife 6 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

εχετω |  | και |  | εκαστη |  | τον |  | ιδιον |  | ανδρα |  | εχετω |  |
let 1 have, 3 |  | and |  | each 2 |  | her 4 own 5 |  | ♦ |  | husband 6 |  | let 1 have. 3 |  |

| 3 | τη |  | γυναικι |  | ο |  | ανηρ |  | την |  | οφειλομενην |  | ευνοιαν |  | αποδιδοτω |
|  | To the |  | wife |  | the 2 |  | husband 3 |  | ♦ |  | due 5 |  | benevolence 6 |  | let 1 render, 4 |

ομοιως |  | δε |  | και |  | η |  | γυνη |  | τω |  | ανδρι |  |
and likewise |  | ♦ |  | also |  | the |  | wife |  | to the |  | husband. |  |

| 4 | η |  | γυνη |  | του |  | ιδιου |  | σωματος |  | ουκ |  | εξουσιαζει |  | αλλ |  | ο |
|  | The |  | wife |  | her own |  | ♦ |  | body |  | has not authority over, |  | ♦ |  | but |  | the |

ανηρ |  | ομοιως |  | δε |  | και |  | ο |  | ανηρ |  | του |  | ιδιου |  | σωματος |  | ουκ |
husband; |  | and likewise |  | ♦ |  | also |  | the |  | husband |  | his own |  | ♦ |  | body |  | has not authority over, |

εξουσιαζει |  | αλλ |  | η |  | γυνη |  |
♦ |  | but |  | the |  | wife. |  |

| 5 | μη |  | αποστερειτε |  | αλληλους |  | ει |  | μη |  | τι |  | αν |  | εκ |  | συμφωνου |  | προς |
|  | Not 2 |  | defraud 1 |  | one another, |  | unless |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | by |  | consent |  | for because |

καιρον |  | ινα |  | σχολαζητε |  | τη |  | νηστεια |  | και |  | τη |  | προσευχη |  | και |  | παλιν |
a season, |  | that |  | ye may be at leisure |  | ♦ |  | for fasting |  | and |  | ♦ |  | for prayer, |  | and |  | again |

επι |  | το |  | αυτο |  | συνερχησθε |  | ινα |  | μη |  | πειραζη |  | υμας |  | ο |  | σατανας |
into one place |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | come together, |  | that |  | not 3 |  | may 2 tempt 4 |  | you 5 |  | ♦ |  | Satan 1 |

δια |  | την |  | ακρασιαν |  | υμων |  |
because of |  | your incontinence. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 6 | τουτο |  | δε |  | λεγω |  | κατα |  | συγγνωμην |  | ου |  | κατ |  | επιταγην |  |
|  | But this |  | ♦ |  | I say |  | by way of |  | permission, |  | not |  | by way of |  | command. |  |

| 7 | θελω |  | γαρ |  | παντας |  | ανθρωπους |  | ειναι |  | ως |  | και |  | εμαυτον |  | αλλ |  | εκαστος |
|  | I 2 wish 3 |  | but 1 |  | all |  | men |  | to be |  | even as |  | ♦ |  | myself: |  | but |  | each |

ιδιον |  | χαρισμα |  | εχει |  | εκ |  | θεου |  | ος |  | μεν |  | ουτως |  | ος |  | δε |  | ουτως |  |
his own |  | gift |  | has |  | from |  | God; |  | one |  | ♦ |  | so, |  | and another |  | ♦ |  | so. |  |

| 8 | λεγω |  | δε |  | τοις |  | αγαμοις |  | και |  | ταις |  | χηραις |  | καλον |  | αυτοις |  | εστιν |  | εαν |
|  | But I say |  | ♦ |  | to the |  | unmarried |  | and |  | to the |  | widows, |  | good |  | for them |  | it is |  | if |

μεινωσιν |  | ως |  | καγω |  |
they should remain |  | as |  | even I. |  |

| 9 | ει |  | δε |  | ουκ |  | εγκρατευονται |  | γαμησατωσαν |  | κρεισσον |  | γαρ
|  | But if |  | ♦ |  | they have not self-control, |  | ♦ |  | let them marry; |  | for better |  | ♦

| εστιν |  | γαμησαι |  | η |  | πυρουσθαι |  |
| it is |  | to marry |  | than |  | to burn. |  |

| 10 | τοις |  | δε |  | γεγαμηκοσιν |  | παραγγελλω |  | ουκ |  | εγω |  | αλλ |  | ο |  | κυριος |  | γυναικα |
|  | But to the |  | ♦ |  | married |  | I charge, |  | not |  | I, |  | but |  | the |  | Lord, |  | wife |

απο |  | ανδρος |  | μη |  | χωρισθηναι |  |
from |  | husband |  | not |  | to be separated; |  |

| 11 | εαν |  | δε |  | και |  | χωρισθη |  | μενετω |  | αγαμος |  | η |  | τω |  | ανδρι |
|  | (but if |  | ♦ |  | also |  | she be separated, |  | let her remain |  | unmarried, |  | or |  | to the |  | husband |

καταλλαγητω |  | και |  | ανδρα |  | γυναικα |  | μη |  | αφιεναι |  |
be reconciled;) |  | and |  | husband |  | wife 4 |  | not 1 |  | to 2 leave. 3 |  |

| 12 | τοις |  | δε |  | λοιποις |  | εγω |  | λεγω |  | ουχ |  | ο |  | κυριος |  | ει |  | τις |  | αδελφος |  | γυναικα |
|  | But to the |  | ♦ |  | rest |  | I |  | say, |  | not |  | the |  | Lord, |  | If |  | any |  | brother |  | wife 4 |

εχει |  | απιστον |  | και |  | αυτη |  | συνευδοκει |  | οικειν |  | μετ |  | αυτου |  | μη |
has 1 |  | an 2 unbelieving, 3 |  | and |  | she |  | consents |  | to dwell |  | with |  | him, |  | let him not leave |

αφιετω |  | αυτην |  |
♦ |  | her. |  |

| 13 | και |  | γυνη |  | ητις |  | εχει |  | ανδρα |  | απιστον |  | και |  | αυτος |  | συνευδοκει |  | οικειν |
|  | And |  | a woman |  | who |  | has |  | husband 3 |  | an 1 unbelieving, 2 |  | and |  | he |  | consents |  | to dwell |

μετ |  | αυτης |  | μη |  | αφιετω |  | αυτον |  |
with |  | her, |  | let her not leave |  | ♦ |  | him. |  |

| 14 | ηγιασται |  | γαρ |  | ο |  | ανηρ |  | ο |  | απιστος |  | εν |  | τη |  | γυναικι |  | και |  | ηγιασται |  | η |
|  | Is 2 sanctified 3 |  | for 1 |  | the |  | husband 2 |  | ♦ |  | unbelieving 1 |  | in |  | the |  | wife, |  | and |  | is sanctified |  | the |

γυνη |  | η |  | απιστος |  | εν |  | τω |  | ανδρι |  | επει |  | αρα |  | τα |  | τεκνα |  | υμων |
wife 2 |  | ♦ |  | unbelieving 1 |  | in |  | the |  | husband; |  | else |  | then |  | your children |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

ακαθαρτα |  | εστιν |  | νυν |  | δε |  | αγια |  | εστιν |  |
unclean |  | are, |  | but now |  | ♦ |  | holy 2 |  | are. 1 |  |

| 15 | ει |  | δε |  | ο |  | απιστος |  | χωριζεται |  | χωριζεσθω |  | ου |
|  | But if |  | ♦ |  | the |  | unbeliever |  | separates himself, |  | let him separate himself; |  | is not under bondage |

δεδουλωται |  | ο |  | αδελφος |  | η |  | η |  | αδελφη |  | εν |  | τοις |  | τοιουτοις |  | εν |  | δε |  | ειρηνη |
♦ |  | the |  | brother |  | or |  | the |  | sister |  | in |  | ♦ |  | such [cases], |  | but in |  | ♦ |  | peace |

κεκληκεν |  | ημας |  | ο |  | θεος |  |
has 2 called 3 |  | us 4 |  | ♦ |  | God. 1 |  |

| 16 | τι |  | γαρ |  | οιδας |  | γυναι |  | ει |  | τον |  | ανδρα |  | σωσεις |  | η |  | τι |  | οιδας |
|  | What 6 |  | for 5 |  | knowest thou, |  | O wife, |  | if |  | the |  | husband |  | thou shalt save? |  | or |  | what |  | knowest thou, |

ανερ |  | ει |  | την |  | γυναικα |  | σωσεις |  |
O husband, |  | if |  | the |  | wife |  | thou shalt save? |  |

| 17 | ει |  | μη |  | εκαστω |  | ως |  | εμερισεν |  | ο |  | θεος |  | εκαστον |  | ως |  | κεκληκεν |  | ο |  | κυριος |
|  | Only |  | ♦ |  | to each |  | as |  | divided 2 |  | ♦ |  | God, 1 |  | each |  | as |  | has 3 called 4 |  | the 1 |  | Lord, 2 |

ουτως |  | περιπατειτω |  | και |  | ουτως |  | εν |  | ταις |  | εκκλησιαις |  | πασαις |  | διατασσομαι |  |
so |  | let him walk; |  | and |  | thus |  | in |  | the 2 |  | assemblies 3 |  | all 1 |  | I order. |  |

| 18 | περιτετμημενος |  | τις |  | εκληθη |  | μη |  | επισπασθω |
|  | Having been circumcised |  | any 2 one 3 |  | was called? 1 |  | let him not be uncircumcised: |  | ♦ |

εν |  | ακροβυστια |  | τις |  | εκληθη |  | μη |  | περιτεμνεσθω |  |
in |  | uncircumcision |  | any 2 one 3 |  | was called? 1 |  | let him not be circumcised. |  | ♦ |  |

| 19 | η |  | περιτομη |  | ουδεν |  | εστιν |  | και |  | η |  | ακροβυστια |  | ουδεν |  | εστιν |  | αλλα |  | τηρησις |
|  | ♦ |  | Circumcision |  | nothing 2 |  | is, 1 |  | and |  | ♦ |  | uncircumcision |  | nothing 2 |  | is, 1 |  | but |  | keeping |

εντολων |  | θεου |  |
commandments 2 |  | God’s. 1 |  |

| 20 | εκαστος |  | εν |  | τη |  | κλησει |  | η |  | εκληθη |  | εν |  | ταυτη |  | μενετω |  |
|  | Each |  | in |  | the |  | calling |  | in which |  | he was called, |  | in |  | this |  | let him abide. |  |

| 21 | δουλος |  | εκληθης |  | μη |  | σοι |  | μελετω |  | αλλ |  | ει |  | και |  | δυνασαι |
|  | Bondman [being] |  | wast thou called, |  | not |  | to thee |  | let it be a care; |  | but |  | and if |  | ♦ |  | thou art able |

ελευθερος |  | γενεσθαι |  | μαλλον |  | χρησαι |  |
free 3 |  | to 1 become, 2 |  | rather 6 |  | use 4 [it]. 5 |  |

| 22 | ο |  | γαρ |  | εν |  | κυριω |  | κληθεις |  | δουλος |  | απελευθερος |
|  | For he |  | ♦ |  | in 3 |  | [the] 4 Lord 5 |  | being 1 called 2 |  | [being] a bondman, |  | a freedman |

κυριου |  | εστιν |  | ομοιως |  | και |  | ο |  | ελευθερος |  | κληθεις |  | δουλος |  | εστιν |
of [the] Lord |  | is; |  | likewise |  | also |  | he |  | free |  | being called, |  | a bondman |  | is |

χριστου |  |
of Christ. |  |

| 23 | τιμης |  | ηγορασθητε |  | μη |  | γινεσθε |  | δουλοι |  | ανθρωπων |  |
|  | With a price |  | ye were bought; |  | become not |  | ♦ |  | bondmen |  | of men. |  |

| 24 | εκαστος |  | εν |  | ω |  | εκληθη |  | αδελφοι |  | εν |  | τουτω |  | μενετω |  | παρα |  | τω |  | θεω
|  | Each |  | wherein |  | ♦ |  | he was called, |  | brethren, |  | in |  | that |  | let him abide |  | with |  | ♦ |  | God.

| 25 | περι |  | δε |  | των |  | παρθενων |  | επιταγην |  | κυριου |  | ουκ |  | εχω |
|  | But concerning |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | virgins, |  | commandment |  | of [the] Lord |  | I have not; |  | ♦ |

γνωμην |  | δε |  | διδωμι |  | ως |  | ηλεημενος |  | υπο |  | κυριου |  | πιστος |  | ειναι |  |
but judgment |  | ♦ |  | I give, |  | as |  | having received mercy |  | from |  | [the] Lord |  | faithful 3 |  | to 1 be. 2 |  |

| 26 | νομιζω |  | ουν |  | τουτο |  | καλον |  | υπαρχειν |  | δια |  | την |  | ενεστωσαν |  | αναγκην |
|  | I think |  | then |  | this |  | good 2 |  | is 1 |  | because of |  | the |  | present |  | necessity, |

οτι |  | καλον |  | ανθρωπω |  | το |  | ουτως |  | ειναι |  |
that |  | [it is] good |  | for a man |  | ♦ |  | so |  | to be. |  |

| 27 | δεδεσαι |  | γυναικι |  | μη |  | ζητει |  | λυσιν |  | λελυσαι |  | απο |
|  | Hast thou been bound |  | to a wife? |  | seek not |  | ♦ |  | to be loosed. |  | Hast thou been loosed |  | from |

γυναικος |  | μη |  | ζητει |  | γυναικα |  |
a wife? |  | seek not |  | ♦ |  | a wife. |  |

| 28 | εαν |  | δε |  | και |  | γημης |  | ουχ |  | ημαρτες |  | και |  | εαν |
|  | But if |  | ♦ |  | also |  | thou mayest have married, |  | thou didst not sin; |  | ♦ |  | and |  | if |

γημη |  | η |  | παρθενος |  | ουχ |  | ημαρτεν |  | θλιψιν |  | δε |  | τη |  | σαρκι |
may 3 have 4 married 5 |  | the 1 |  | virgin, 2 |  | not 8 |  | she 6 did 7 sin; |  | but tribulation |  | ♦ |  | in the |  | flesh |

εξουσιν |  | οι |  | τοιουτοι |  | εγω |  | δε |  | υμων |  | φειδομαι |  |
shall 2 have 3 |  | ♦ |  | such; 1 |  | but I |  | ♦ |  | you 2 |  | spare. 1 |  |

| 29 | τουτο |  | δε |  | φημι |  | αδελφοι |  | ο |  | καιρος |  | συνεσταλμενος |  | το |  | λοιπον |
|  | But this |  | ♦ |  | I say, |  | brethren, |  | the |  | season |  | straitened [is]. |  | For the rest |  | ♦ |

εστιν |  | ινα |  | και |  | οι |  | εχοντες |  | γυναικας |  | ως |  | μη |  | εχοντες |  | ωσιν |  |
is, |  | that |  | even |  | those |  | having |  | wives, |  | as 2 |  | not 3 |  | having 4 |  | be; 1 |  |

| 30 | και |  | οι |  | κλαιοντες |  | ως |  | μη |  | κλαιοντες |  | και |  | οι |  | χαιροντες |  | ως |  | μη |
|  | and |  | those |  | weeping, |  | as |  | not |  | weeping; |  | and |  | those |  | rejoicing, |  | as |  | not |

χαιροντες |  | και |  | οι |  | αγοραζοντες |  | ως |  | μη |  | κατεχοντες |  |
rejoicing; |  | and |  | those |  | buying, |  | as |  | not |  | possessing; |  |

| 31 | και |  | οι |  | χρωμενοι |  | τω |  | κοσμω |  | τουτω |  | ως |  | μη |  | καταχρωμενοι |
|  | and |  | those |  | using |  | this world, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | as |  | not |  | using [it] as their own; |

παραγει |  | γαρ |  | το |  | σχημα |  | του |  | κοσμου |  | τουτου |  |
for passes away |  | ♦ |  | the |  | fashion |  | of this world. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 32 | θελω |  | δε |  | υμας |  | αμεριμνους |  | ειναι |  | ο |  | αγαμος |  | μεριμνα |  | τα |  | του |
|  | But I wish |  | ♦ |  | you |  | without care |  | to be. |  | The |  | unmarried |  | cares for |  | the things |  | of the |

κυριου |  | πως |  | αρεσει |  | τω |  | κυριω |  |
Lord, |  | how |  | he shall please |  | the |  | Lord; |  |

| 33 | ο |  | δε |  | γαμησας |  | μεριμνα |  | τα |  | του |  | κοσμου |  | πως |  | αρεσει |  | τη |
|  | but he that |  | ♦ |  | is married |  | cares for |  | the things |  | of the |  | world, |  | how |  | he shall please |  | the |

γυναικι |  |
wife. |  |

| 34 | μεμερισται |  | η |  | γυνη |  | και |  | η |  | παρθενος |  | η |  | αγαμος |  | μεριμνα |  | τα |  | του |
|  | Divided are |  | the |  | wife |  | and |  | the |  | virgin. |  | The |  | unmarried |  | cares for |  | the things |  | of the |

κυριου |  | ινα |  | η |  | αγια |  | και |  | σωματι |  | και |  | πνευματι |  | η |  | δε |  | γαμησασα
Lord, |  | that |  | she may be |  | holy |  | both |  | in body |  | and |  | spirit; |  | but she that |  | ♦ |  | is married

| μεριμνα |  | τα |  | του |  | κοσμου |  | πως |  | αρεσει |  | τω |  | ανδρι |  |
| cares for |  | the things |  | of the |  | world, |  | how |  | she shall please |  | the |  | husband. |  |

| 35 | τουτο |  | δε |  | προς |  | το |  | υμων |  | αυτων |  | συμφερον |  | λεγω |  | ουχ |  | ινα |  | βροχον |
|  | But this |  | ♦ |  | for |  | your own |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | profit |  | I say; |  | not |  | that |  | a noose |

υμιν |  | επιβαλω |  | αλλα |  | προς |  | το |  | ευσχημον |  | και |  | ευπροσεδρον |  | τω |
you 5 |  | I 1 may 2 cast 3 before, 4 |  | but |  | for |  | what |  | [is] seemly, |  | and |  | waiting |  | on the |

κυριω |  | απερισπαστως |  |
Lord |  | without distraction. |  |

| 36 | ει |  | δε |  | τις |  | ασχημονειν |  | επι |  | την |  | παρθενον |  | αυτου |  | νομιζει |  | εαν |
|  | But if |  | ♦ |  | anyone |  | [he] 2 behaves 3 unseemly 4 |  | to 5 |  | ♦ |  | virginity 7 |  | his 6 |  | thinks, 1 |  | if |

η |  | υπερακμος |  | και |  | ουτως |  | οφειλει |  | γινεσθαι |  | ο |  | θελει |  | ποιειτω |
he be |  | beyond [his] prime, |  | and |  | so |  | it ought |  | to be, |  | what |  | he wills |  | let him do, |

ουχ |  | αμαρτανει |  | γαμειτωσαν |  |
he does not sin: |  | ♦ |  | let them marry. |  |

| 37 | ος |  | δε |  | εστηκεν |  | εδραιος |  | εν |  | τη |  | καρδια |  | μη |  | εχων |  | αναγκην |  | εξουσιαν
|  | But he who |  | ♦ |  | stands |  | firm |  | in |  | ♦ |  | heart, |  | not |  | having |  | necessity, |  | but authority

| δε |  | εχει |  | περι |  | του |  | ιδιου |  | θεληματος |  | και |  | τουτο |  | κεκρικεν |  | εν |  | τη |  | καρδια |
| ♦ |  | has |  | over |  | his own |  | ♦ |  | will, |  | and |  | this |  | has judged |  | in |  | ♦ |  | his heart, |

αυτου |  | του |  | τηρειν |  | την |  | εαυτου |  | παρθενον |  | καλως |  | ποιει |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | to keep |  | his own |  | ♦ |  | virginity, |  | well |  | he does. |  |

| 38 | ωστε |  | και |  | ο |  | εκγαμιζων |  | καλως |  | ποιει |  | ο |  | δε |  | μη |  | εκγαμιζων |
|  | So that |  | also |  | he that |  | gives in marriage |  | well 2 |  | does; 1 |  | and he that |  | ♦ |  | not 2 |  | gives in marriage 1 |

κρεισσον |  | ποιει |  |
better 2 |  | does. 1 |  |

| 39 | γυνη |  | δεδεται |  | νομω |  | εφ |  | οσον |  | χρονον |  | ζη |  | ο |  | ανηρ |
|  | A wife |  | is bound |  | by law |  | for |  | as long as 2 |  | time 1 |  | may 5 live 6 |  | her 3 husband; 4 |  | ♦ |

αυτης |  | εαν |  | δε |  | κοιμηθη |  | ο |  | ανηρ |  | αυτης |  | ελευθερα |  | εστιν |  | ω |
♦ |  | but if |  | ♦ |  | may have fallen asleep |  | the |  | husband |  | of her, |  | free |  | she is |  | to whom |

θελει |  | γαμηθηναι |  | μονον |  | εν |  | κυριω |  |
she wills |  | to be married, |  | only |  | in |  | [the] Lord. |  |

| 40 | μακαριωτερα |  | δε |  | εστιν |  | εαν |  | ουτως |  | μεινη |  | κατα |  | την |  | εμην |
|  | But happier |  | ♦ |  | she is |  | if |  | so |  | she should remain, |  | according to |  | ♦ |  | my |

γνωμην |  | δοκω |  | δε |  | καγω |  | πνευμα |  | θεου |  | εχειν |  |
judgment; |  | and I think |  | ♦ |  | I also |  | Spirit 3 |  | God’s 2 |  | have. 1 |  |