1 Corinthians 7:5
So don't deprive each other, except by mutual consent for a while—for example because you want to spend time in prayer. Afterwards come together again so that Satan won't tempt you to sin because of your lack of self-control.
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In Context
6I'm telling you this not as a command, but as a concession.
Cross References
Exodus 19:15He instructed the people, “Get ready for the third day, and don't be intimate with a woman.”
Joel 2:16Gather the people together: the elders, the children, even the babies. Let the bridegroom leave his room; let the bride leave her room.
Zechariah 12:12The land will mourn, every family alone: the family house of David alone and their women by themselves, the families of Nathan,
1 Thessalonians 3:5This is why, when I couldn't stand it anymore, I sent to find out whether you were still trusting in God. I was concerned that the devil had successfully tempted you and that all our work had been for nothing!
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 →