1 Corinthians 7:2
But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
1Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.
3Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:18Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.
Proverbs 19:14House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:18Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.
Ephesians 5:28Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:
1 Timothy 4:3Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:2-10
Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 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. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except… Read the whole commentary →