1 Corinthians 7:5
So, 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.
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In Context
6But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.
Cross References
Exodus 19:15he said to them, “Be prepared on the third day, and do not draw near to your wives.”
Joel 2:16Gather the people, sanctify the church, unite the elders, gather together the little ones and infants at the breast. Let the bridegroom depart from his bed, and the bride from her bridal chamber.
Zechariah 12:12And the earth will mourn: families and families separately; the families of the house of David separately, and their women separately;
Matthew 17:21And when they were conversing together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: “The Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
1 Thessalonians 3:5For this reason also, I was not willing to wait any longer, and I sent to find out about your faith, lest perhaps he who tempts may have tempted you, and our labor might have been in vain.
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 →