1 Corinthians 7

1 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

1 关于你们信上所写的事，我认为男人不亲近女人是好的。

2 But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

2 不过，为了避免发生淫乱的事，男婚女嫁也合情合理。

3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

3 夫妻双方都应当尽自己的本分，过正常的夫妻生活。

4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

4 妻子无权支配自己的身体，丈夫才有权；丈夫也无权支配自己的身体，妻子才有权。

5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

5 夫妻不可彼此亏负，除非双方同意，才可以暂时分房，以便专心祈祷。以后，二人仍要恢复正常的夫妻生活，免得撒旦趁你们情不自禁的时候引诱你们。

6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.

6 我这么说是准许你们这样做，并非命令你们。

7 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

7 虽然我希望人人都像我一样独身，但每个人从上帝所领受的恩赐不同，有的是这样，有的是那样。

8 Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.

8 至于那些未婚的和寡居的，他们若能像我一样就好了。

9 But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

9 但他们若不能自制，就应该结婚，因为与其欲火攻心还不如结婚为好。

10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

10 我也吩咐那些已婚的人，其实不是我吩咐，而是主吩咐：妻子不可离开丈夫，

11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

11 若是离开了，不可再嫁别人，只能与丈夫复合。丈夫也不可离弃妻子。

12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

12 至于其他人，主没有吩咐什么，但我要说，如果某弟兄的妻子不信主，但乐意和他同住，他就不应离弃妻子。

13 And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

13 同样，如果某姊妹的丈夫不信主，但乐意和她同住，她就不应离弃丈夫。

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

14 因为不信的丈夫因妻子而得以圣洁了。同样，不信的妻子也因丈夫而得以圣洁了。否则你们的孩子就是不洁净的，但如今他们是圣洁的。

15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.

15 如果不信的一方坚持要离开的话，就遂其所愿吧。无论是弟兄或姊妹遇到这样的事情都不必勉强。上帝呼召我们，原是要我们和睦相处。

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

16 你这做妻子的，怎么知道不能救你的丈夫呢？你这做丈夫的，怎么知道不能救你的妻子呢？

17 Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

17 各人应当依照上帝的呼召和安排生活，这是我对各教会的吩咐。

18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.

18 如果蒙召时已经受了割礼，不必消除割礼；如果蒙召时没有受割礼，也不必去受割礼。

19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

19 受不受割礼都算不得什么，最要紧的是遵行上帝的诫命。

20 Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

20 各人应当保持自己蒙召时的身份。

21 Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

21 如果你蒙召时是奴隶，不必因此而烦恼。不过如果你可以获得自由，也不要放过机会。

22 For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

22 因为，蒙召信主时做奴隶的，现在是主的自由人；蒙召时做自由人的，现在是基督的奴仆。

23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

23 你们是主用重价买来的，不要做人的奴隶。

24 Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.

24 弟兄姊妹，你们要在上帝面前保持自己蒙召时的身份。

25 Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

25 关于独身的问题，主并没有给我任何命令，但我既然深受主恩，成为祂忠心的仆人，就向你们提供一些意见。

26 Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.

26 鉴于目前时势艰难，我认为各人最好是安于现状。

27 Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

27 已经有妻子的，就不要设法摆脱她；还没有妻子的，就不要想着结婚。

28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

28 男婚女嫁并不是犯罪，只是有家室的人总免不了许多人生的苦恼，我是盼望你们能够免去这些苦恼。

29 What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

29 弟兄们，我告诉你们，时日不多了，从今以后，那些有妻子的，要像没有妻子的；

30 those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;

30 哭泣的，要像不哭泣的；欢喜的，要像不欢喜的；置办家业的，要像一无所有的。

31 and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

31 享用世界之物的，不要沉溺其中。因为现今的世界很快就要过去了。

32 I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.

32 我希望你们无牵无挂。未婚的男子可以关心主的事，想着怎样讨主的喜悦。

33 But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,

33 但已婚的男子关心世上的事，想着如何取悦妻子，

34 and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

34 难免分心。没有丈夫的妇女和处女可以关心主的事，叫身体和心灵都圣洁；但已婚的妇女关心世上的事，想着如何取悦丈夫。

35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.

35 我这样说是为了你们的好处，不是要束缚你们，而是要鼓励你们做合宜的事，好叫你们殷勤、专心事奉主。

36 However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

36 若有人觉得对待自己的未婚妻有不合宜之处，自己又情欲难禁，就成全他的心愿，让他们结婚吧！这并不算犯罪。

37 But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.

37 如果这人心里确信自己没有结婚的需要，又能自己作主，打定主意不结婚，这样做也好。

38 So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.

38 所以，与未婚妻完婚是对的，但不结婚则更好。

39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

39 丈夫还活着的时候，妻子必须忠于丈夫。如果丈夫去世了，她就自由了，可以再婚，只是要嫁给信主的弟兄。

40 In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

40 然而，照我的意见，她若能不再婚就更有福了。我想自己也是受了上帝的灵感动才说这番话的。