1 Corinthians 7

7 ¹Now, concerning wetin una write: “E good make man no touch woman.” ²But make sexual sin no dey, make every man get im own wife, and every woman get her own husband. ³Make di husband give im wife wetin e owe her, and di wife too make she do di same to her husband. ⁴Di wife no get power over her own body—na di husband get am; and di same way, di husband no get power over im own body—na di wife get am. ⁵No deny each other, except if una two gree for some time, so make una fit give unaself to prayer; den come together again, so Satan no go tempt una through say una no fit control unaself. ⁶I dey talk dis one as permission, no be as command. ⁷I for wish say everybody be like me. But every person get im own gift from our Papa—one person dis way, anoda person dat way. ⁸I dey tell dem wey never marry and di widows: e good make dem stay as I dey. ⁹But if dem no fit control demself, make dem marry—e beta make dem marry pass make desire dey burn dem. ¹⁰To dem wey don marry I dey command—no be me, na Oga—wife no suppose comot for her husband. ¹¹But if she comot, make she stay without to marry or make she settle with her husband—and husband no suppose divorce im wife.

¹²To di oda ones I dey talk (na me, no be Oga): if brother get wife wey no believe, and she gree to dey stay with am, make e no divorce her. ¹³If woman get husband wey no believe, and e gree to dey stay with her, make she no divorce am. ¹⁴Because di husband wey no believe dey made holy through di wife, and di wife wey no believe dey made holy through di brother. If no be so, una pikin dem for dey unclean, but now dem dey holy. ¹⁵If di partner wey no believe wan comot, make e comot; di brother or sister no dey tied for dis kind matter. Our Papa don call una to peace. ¹⁶How you take know, wife, whether you go save your husband? Or how you take know, husband, whether you go save your wife?

¹⁷Only make every person live as Oga give am, as our Papa call am. Na dis be my rule for all di churches. ¹⁸Person don do circumcision when e call am? Make e no try undo am. Person never do circumcision when e call am? Make e no do circumcision. ¹⁹Circumcision no be anything, no do circumcision no be anything, but to keep our Papa im commands na wetin matter. ²⁰Make every person remain for di condition wey e dey when dem call am. ²¹Dem call you when you be slave? Make e no worry you. But if you fit get freedom, collect am. ²²Di slave wey dem call for inside Oga na person wey Oga don free; and di same way, di free person wey dem call na Christ im slave. ²³Dem buy una with price; no make unaself slave to human being. ²⁴My brothers, whatever condition every person dey when dem call am, make e remain dia with our Papa.

²⁵Concerning dem wey never marry, I no get command from Oga, but I dey give my own opinion as person wey Oga im mercy don make e fit trust. ²⁶I think say e good, because of dis trouble wey dey now, make person stay as e dey. ²⁷You don tie with wife? No dey find how to loose. You free from wife? No dey find wife. ²⁸But if you marry, you never sin; if virgin marry, she never sin. But dis kind people go face wahala for di flesh, and I wan save una from am. ²⁹My brothers, na dis I dey talk: di time wey dem set don short. From now, make dem wey get wife live like say dem no get, ³⁰and dem wey dey cry like say dem no dey cry, and dem wey dey rejoice like say dem no dey rejoice, and dem wey dey buy like say dem no get anything, ³¹and dem wey dey use di world like say dem no dey lose demself inside am—because di way dis world be now dey pass away.

³²I want make una free from worry. Di man wey never marry dey care about Oga im matter, how to please Oga. ³³But di man wey don marry dey concern about di things of di world, how to please im wife, ³⁴and im mind divide. Di woman wey never marry or di virgin dey care about Oga im matter, so she go holy for body and spirit; but di woman wey don marry dey care about di world im matter, how to please her husband. ³⁵Na for una own good I dey talk dis, no be to tie una down, but for correct way of life and to serve Oga with mind wey no divide.

³⁶If person think say e no dey do di right thing to di girl wey e wan marry, and im desire strong well well and e must happen, make e do as e wan do—make dem marry; e no be sin. ³⁷But whoever stand strong for im heart, nobody force am, and e dey control im own mind, and e don decide for im heart to keep di girl wey e wan marry, e do well. ³⁸So di person wey marry di girl wey e wan marry do well; di person wey no marry her do beta pass.

³⁹Wife dey tied to her husband as long as e dey alive; if e die, she free to marry anybody wey she want, but na inside Oga. ⁴⁰But she go happy pass, for my own opinion, if she stay as she dey. And I think say me too get di Spirit of our Papa.