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1 Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman. 2 Neuerthelesse, to auoyde fornication, let euery man haue his owne wyfe, and let euery woman haue her owne husband. 3 Let the husbande geue vnto the wyfe due beneuolence: Lykewyse also the wyfe vnto the husbande. 4 The wyfe hath not the power of her owne body, but the husbande: And likewyse also the husbande hath not the power of his owne body, but the wife. 5 Defraude you not the one the other, except it be with both your consentes for a time, that ye may geue your selues to fasting and prayer: and afterward come together againe, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie. 6 This I say of fauour, & not of commaundement. 7 For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, another after that. 8 I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I. 9 But if they can not abstayne, let them marrie: For it is better to marrie then to burne. 1 Corinthians 7:1-9, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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