1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer; and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.
Cross References
Exodus 19:15He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives.
Joel 2:16Gather together the people, sanctify the church, assemble the ancients, gather together the little ones, and them that suck at the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his bed, and the bride out of her bride chamber.
Zechariah 12:12And the land shall mourn: families and families apart: the families of the house of David apart, and their women apart:
Matthew 17:21And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
1 Thessalonians 3:5For this cause also, I, forbearing no longer, sent to know your faith: lest perhaps he that tempteth should have tempted you, and our labour should be made 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 →