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1 Corinthians 7:1-16 — Concerning Married Life

1Cor.7.1-16

¹Now concerning the things about which you wrote: it is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman. ²But because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. ³Let the husband fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. ⁴The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. ⁵Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer , and then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ⁶But I say this as a concession, not as a command. ⁷I wish that all men were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of this kind and another of that kind. ⁸Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they remain as I am. ⁹But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. ¹⁰But 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 separate, let her remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and a husband must not leave his wife. ¹²To the rest I say—I, not the Lord: if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, let him not leave her. ¹³And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, let her not leave her husband. ¹⁴For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother . Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. ¹⁵But if the unbeliever separates, let him separate. The brother or the sister is not bound in such cases; but God has called you in peace. ¹⁶For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

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4/11/2026

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