Third Millennium Bible TMB
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3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence, and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
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The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
4 The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband; and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.
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The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other, unless it be with consent for a time only, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not through your lack of selfrestraint.
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Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6 But I speak this by permission, and not by commandment.
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I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself am. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one in this manner and another in that.
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I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I.
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Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.
9 But if they cannot contain themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
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But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 And unto the married I command (yet not I, but the Lord): let not the wife depart from her husband.
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To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
11 But 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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But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
12 But to the rest I speak (not the Lord): if any brother hath a wife who believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
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To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
13 And the woman who hath a husband who believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
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And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
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