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3 Let the husband render unto the wife her due: 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, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.
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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 this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
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I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7 Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after 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 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide 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 have not continency, 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 But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not 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 should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not 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 say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.
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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 that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.
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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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