1 Corinthians 7:1–9 · BSB
7:1
Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
7:2
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
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7:3
The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
7:4
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
7:5
Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
7:6
I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7:7
I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
7:8
Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
7:9
But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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