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1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband. 4It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body. 5So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence. 6But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.
8But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am.
2But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
4May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
33Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
24For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.
32But I would prefer you to be without worry. Whoever is without a wife is worried about the things of the Lord, as to how he may please God.
32But I say to you, that anyone who will have dismissed his wife, except in the case of fornication, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever will have married her who has been dismissed commits adultery.
9And I say to you, that whoever will have separated from his wife, except because of fornication, and who will have married another, commits adultery, and whoever will have married her who has been separated, commits adultery.”
15But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart. For a brother or sister cannot be made subject to servitude in this way. For God has called us to peace.
27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife.
18The Lord God also said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.”
11But if she has separated from him, she must remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.
26Therefore, I consider this to be good, because of the present necessity: that it is good for a man to be such as I am.
18Flee from fornication. Every sin whatsoever that a man commits is outside of the body, but whoever fornicates, sins against his own body.
5For the One who made you will rule over you. The Lord of hosts is his name. And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, will be called the God of all the earth.