Now concerning the matters about which you wrote:“ It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

论到你们信上所提的事，我说男不近女倒好。

关于你们信上所提的事，男人不亲近女人倒好。

关于你们信上所提的事，男人不亲近女人倒好。

关于你们信上所写的事，我认为男人不亲近女人是好的。

关于你们信上所提的事:“男人不亲近女人倒好”。

关于你们所写的事，你们说“男人不碰女人是好事”；

論到你們信上所提的事，我說男不近女倒好。

關於你們信上所提的事，男人不親近女人倒好。

關於你們信上所提的事，男人不親近女人倒好。

關於你們信上所寫的事，我認為男人不親近女人是好的。

關於你們信上所提的事:“男人不親近女人倒好”。

論到你們信上所寫的問題，我以為男人與女人沒有性接觸的好；

關於你們所寫的事，你們說「男人不碰女人是好事」；

論及爾所書者、則男不近女為善、

爾遺書問我、我答云、男不納婦更愈、

論及爾致書所問我者、我答曰、男不近女為妙、

至於來書所提各節、吾意以為如能恆抱獨身、不接觸任何女性、尚矣。

Now for the matters you wrote about:“ It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

Now I want to deal with the things you wrote me about. Some of you say,“ It is good for a man not to sleep with a woman.”

Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations.

Now in response to the matters you wrote about:“ It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

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

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

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

Now in response to the matters you wrote about:“ It is good for a man not to have relations with a woman.”

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

Now with regard to the issues you wrote about:“ It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

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

To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am.

I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.

Then God said to him in the dream,“ Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.

The disciples said to him,“ If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”But he said to them,“ Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn.”

So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.