1 Corinthians 7:1-16
Principles of Marriage

1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.

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2 Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

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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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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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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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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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12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

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13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

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14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

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15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us to peace.

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16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save [thy] wife?

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