G1161–δέ–de

Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

δὲ de “but”δὲ de “and”

And God who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead will do the same for us by his power.

δὲ de “And”

But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit.

δὲ de “however”

Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

δὲ de “however”

Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.

δὲ de “now”

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

δὲ de “however”

Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

δὲ de “now”

The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

δὲ de “now”

But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

δὲ de “now”

It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

δὲ de “now”δὲ de “however”

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

δὲ de “now”

But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

δὲ de “however”

But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

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(Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

δὲ de “however”

But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.

δὲ de “now”

For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.

δὲ de “however”

But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.

δὲ de “however”δὲ de “however”

Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.

δὲ de “now”δὲ de “however”

If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.

δὲ de “however”δὲ de “however”δὲ de “now”

But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;

δέ de “now”

But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:

δὲ de “now”

But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

δὲ de “however”

And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

δὲ de “however”

Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

δὲ de “now”

But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

δέ de “however”