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1 Corinthians 7:1-19

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1 Now, about what you wrote: "It's good for a man not to have sex with a woman."
1 Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
2 Each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband because of sexual immorality.
2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.
3 The husband should meet his wife's sexual needs, and the wife should do the same for her husband.
3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
4 The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
4 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 Don't refuse to meet each other's needs unless you both agree for a short period of time to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come back together again so that Satan might not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
5 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 I'm saying this to give you permission; it's not a command.
6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7 I wish all people were like me, but each has a particular gift from God: one has this gift, and another has that one.
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 I'm telling those who are single and widows that it's good for them to stay single like me.
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 can't control themselves, they should get married, because it's better to marry than to burn with passion.
9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 I'm passing on the Lord's command to those who are married: A wife shouldn't leave her husband,
10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
11 but if she does leave him, then she should stay single or be reconciled to her husband. And a man shouldn't divorce his wife.
11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
12 I'm telling everyone else (the Lord didn't say this specifically): If a believer has a wife who doesn't believe, and she agrees to live with him, then he shouldn't divorce her.
12 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 If a woman has a husband who doesn't believe and he agrees to live with her, then she shouldn't divorce him.
13 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.
14 The husband who doesn't believe belongs to God because of his wife, and the wife who doesn't believe belongs to God because of her husband. Otherwise, your children would be contaminated by the world, but now they are spiritually set apart.
14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
15 But if a spouse who doesn't believe chooses to leave, then let them leave. The brother or sister isn't tied down in these circumstances. God has called you to peace.
15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.
16 How do you know as a wife if you will save your husband? Or how do you know as a husband if you will save your wife?
16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 Nevertheless, each person should live the kind of life that the Lord assigned when he called each one. This is what I teach in all the churches.
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.
18 If someone was circumcised when called, he shouldn't try to reverse it. If someone wasn't circumcised when he was called, he shouldn't be circumcised.
18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.
19 Circumcision is nothing; not being circumcised is nothing. What matters is keeping God's commandments.
19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts.
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