¹Sada o onome što ste mi pisali. Dobro je čovjeku ne dotaći ženu.

¹But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman;

²Ipak, zbog bludnosti, neka svaki ima svoju ženu i svaka neka ima svoga muža.

²but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each [woman] have her own husband.

³Muž neka vrši dužnost prema ženi, a tako i žena prema mužu.

³Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.

⁴Žena nije gospodar svoga tijela, nego muž, a tako ni muž nije gospodar svoga tijela, nego žena.

⁴The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not authority over his own body, but the wife.

⁵Ne uskraćujte se jedno drugome, osim po dogovoru, povremeno, da se posvetite molitvi pa se opet združite da vas Sotona ne bi napastovao zbog vaše neizdržljivosti.

⁵Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

⁶Ali to velim kao dopuštenje, ne kao zapovijed.

⁶But this I say, as consenting [to], not as commanding [it].

⁷A htio bih da svi ljudi budu kao i ja; ali svatko ima svoj dar od Boga, ovaj ovako, onaj onako.

⁷Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God: one man thus, and another thus.

⁸Neoženjenima pak i udovicama velim: dobro im je ako ostanu kao i ja.

⁸But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.

⁹Ako li se ne mogu uzdržati, neka se žene, udaju. Jer bolje je ženiti se negoli izgarati.

⁹But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

¹⁰A oženjenima zapovijedam, ne ja, nego Gospodin: žena neka se od muža ne rastavlja -

¹⁰But to the married I enjoin, not *I*, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;

¹¹ako se ipak rastavi, neka ostane neudana ili neka se s mužem pomiri - i muž neka ne otpušta žene.

¹¹(but if also she shall have been separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband;) and let not husband leave wife.

¹²Ostalima pak velim - ja, ne Gospodin: ima li koji brat ženu nevjernicu i ona privoli stanovati s njime, neka je ne otpušta.

¹²But as to the rest, *I* say, not the Lord, If any brother have an unbelieving wife, and *she* consent to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

¹³I žena koja ima muža nevjernika te on privoli stanovati s njome, neka ne otpušta muža.

¹³And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not leave [her] husband.

¹⁴Ta muž nevjernik posvećen je ženom i žena nevjernica posvećena je bratom. Inače bi djeca vaša bila nečista, a ovako - sveta su.

¹⁴For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother; since [otherwise] indeed your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

¹⁵Ako li se nevjernik hoće rastaviti, neka se rastavi; brat ili sestra u takvim prilikama nisu vezani: ta na mir nas je pozvao Bog.

¹⁵But if the unbeliever go away, let them go away; a brother or a sister is not bound in such [cases], but God has called us in peace.

¹⁶Jer što znaš, ženo, hoćeš li spasiti muža? Ili što znaš, mužu, hoćeš li spasiti ženu?

¹⁶For what knowest thou, O wife, if thou shalt save thy husband? or what knowest thou, O husband, if thou shalt save thy wife?

¹⁷U drugome svatko neka živi kako mu je Gospodin dodijelio, kako ga je Bog pozvao. Tako određujem po svim crkvama.

¹⁷However, as the Lord has divided to each, as God has called each, so let him walk; and thus I ordain in all the assemblies.

¹⁸Je li tko pozvan kao obrezan, neka ne prepravlja obrezanja. Ako je pozvan kao neobrezan, neka se ne obrezuje.

¹⁸Has any one been called circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised: has any one been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

¹⁹Obrezanje nije ništa i neobrezanje nije ništa, nego - držanje Božjih zapovijedi.

¹⁹Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but keeping God's commandments.

²⁰Svatko neka ostane u onom zvanju u koje je pozvan.

²⁰Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called.

²¹Jesi li pozvan kao rob? Ne brini! Nego, ako i možeš postati slobodan, radije se okoristi.

²¹Hast thou been called [being] a bondman, let it not concern thee; but and if thou canst become free, use [it] rather.

²²Jer tko je u Gospodinu pozvan kao rob, slobodnjak je Gospodnji. Tako i tko je pozvan kao slobodnjak, rob je Kristov.

²²For the bondman that is called in [the] Lord is the Lord's freedman; in like manner [also] the freeman being called is Christ's bondman.

²³Otkupninom ste kupljeni: ne budite robovi ljudima.

²³Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.

²⁴Svatko u čemu je pozvan, braćo, u tome neka i ostane pred Bogom.

²⁴Let each, wherein he is called, brethren, therein abide with God.

²⁵O djevicama nemam zapovijedi, nego dajem savjet kao čovjek po milosrđu Gospodnjem vrijedan povjerenja.

²⁵But concerning virgins, I have no commandment of [the] Lord; but I give my opinion, as having received mercy of [the] Lord to be faithful.

²⁶Smatram dakle: dobro je to zbog sadašnje nevolje, dobro je čovjeku tako biti.

²⁶I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to remain so as he is.

²⁷Jesi li vezan za ženu? Ne traži rastave. Jesi li slobodan od žene? Ne traži žene.

²⁷Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.

²⁸Ali ako se i oženiš, nisi sagriješio; i djevica ako se uda, nije sagriješila. Ali takvi će imati tjelesnu nevolju, a ja bih vas rado poštedio.

²⁸But if thou shouldest also marry, thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinned: but such shall have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.

²⁹Ovo hoću reći, braćo: Vrijeme je kratko. Odsele i koji imaju žene, neka budu kao da ih nemaju;

²⁹But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]:

³⁰i koji plaču, kao da ne plaču; i koji se vesele, kao da se ne vesele; i koji kupuju, kao da ne posjeduju;

³⁰and they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they that buy, as not possessing;

³¹i koji uživaju ovaj svijet, kao da ga ne uživaju, jer - prolazi obličje ovoga svijeta.

³¹and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes.

³²A rado bih da budete bezbrižni. Neoženjen se brine za Gospodnje, kako da ugodi Gospodinu.

³²But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

³³A oženjen se brine za svjetovno, kako da ugodi ženi,

³³but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.

³⁴pa je razdijeljen. I žena neudana i djevica brine se za Gospodnje, da bude sveta i tijelom i duhom; a udana se brine za svjetovno, kako da ugodi mužu.

³⁴There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but she that has married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

³⁵Ovo pak govorim vama na korist, ne da vam postavim zamku, nego da primjerno i nesmetano budete privrženi Gospodinu.

³⁵But I say this for your own profit; not that I may set a snare before you, but for what [is] seemly, and waiting on the Lord without distraction.

³⁶Misli li tko da je nepriličan prema svojoj djevici kad je preživotan i s njome mora biti, neka čini što je nakanio, ne griješi: neka se uzmu.

³⁶But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity, if he be beyond the flower of his age, and so it must be, let him do what he will, he does not sin: let them marry.

³⁷Tko je pak nepokolebljivo stalan u srcu te nema potrebe, a u vlasti mu je volja pa to odluči u svom srcu - čuvati svoju djevicu - dobro čini.

³⁷But he who stands firm in his heart, having no need, but has authority over his own will, and has judged this in his heart to keep his own virginity, he does well.

³⁸Tako, tko se oženi svojom djevicom, dobro čini, a tko se ne oženi, bolje čini.

³⁸So that he that marries himself does well; and he that does not marry does better.

³⁹Žena je vezana dokle živi muž njezin. Umre li muž, slobodna je: neka se uda za koga hoće, samo u Gospodinu.

³⁹A wife is bound for whatever time her husband lives; but if the husband be fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in [the] Lord.

⁴⁰Bit će ipak blaženija ostane li onako, po mojem savjetu. A mislim da i ja imam Duha Božjega.

⁴⁰But she is happier if she so remain, according to my judgment; but I think that *I* also have God's Spirit.