1 Corinthians 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:7-9; 1 Corinthians 7:17

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1 Corinthians 7:2

2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.
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1 Corinthians 7:7-9

7 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 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 control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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1 Corinthians 7:17

17 Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.
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