1 Corinthians 7:3-11

1. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

2. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

3. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

4. 6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

5. 7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

6. 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

7. 9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

8. 10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

9. 11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

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