1 Corinthians 7:1-9 ▼

1 NOW concerning the things which you wrote to me: It is proper for a husband not to have intimacy with his wife at times.

2 Nevertheless, because of the danger of immorality, let every man cling to his own wife, and let every woman cling to her own husband.

3 Let the husband give to his wife the love which he owes her; and likewise also the wife to her husband.

4 The wife has no authority over her own body, but her husband; and likewise also the husband has no authority over his own body, but his wife.

5 Therefore do not deprive one another except when both of you consent to do so, especially at the time when you devote yourselves to fasting and prayer; and then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your physical passion.

6 But I say this only to weak persons, for it is not part of the law.

7 For I would that all men were like myself in purity. But every man has his proper gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

8 I say this to those who have no wives and to widows, It is better for them to be as I am;

9 But if they cannot endure it, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.