Did the Corinthians ask Paul if it is right for men and women to marry?
Yes. The Corinthian believers wrote to Paul with a batch of questions, and one of those questions concerned whether marriage was right for men and women. They were recently out of paganism, lacked the New Testament, and had many questions that prompted the letter.
Les explains that 1 Corinthians was prompted by a letter of questions from Corinthian believers who had recently come out of paganism. They had no Sunday school or catechism, no New Testament, and were ignorant, yet they were now congregating as a small church. So they wrote a whole batch of questions to Paul, and he answers them one by one. In chapter 7, Paul addresses the question: "Is it right for men and women to marry?" Les also notes the need to determine who wrote a Scripture, to whom it was written, and the circumstances.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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Why did Paul say it is good for a man not to touch a woman in 1 Corinthians 7?
Paul's advice in 1 Corinthians 7 that 'it is good for a man not to touch a woman' was likely because he knew the freshly converted Gentile believers would soon face intense persecution from the Roman Empire.