1 Corinthians 7:2

But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

3A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband.

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:18Let your spring be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth:

Proverbs 19:14A house and its riches are given by parents. But a prudent wife is particularly from the Lord.

1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from fornication. Every sin whatsoever that a man commits is outside of the body, but whoever fornicates, sins against his own body.

Ephesians 5:28So, too, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

1 Timothy 4:3prohibiting marriage, abstaining from foods, which God has created to be accepted with thanksgiving by the faithful and by those who have understood the truth.

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 →

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