1 Corinthians 7:2
but on account of the commonness of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Now as to the matters about which ye wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman;
3Let the husband render to his wife her due; and so also the wife to her husband.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:18And thy fountain shall be blessed, Yea, thou shalt have joy in the wife of thy youth.
Proverbs 19:14Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from the LORD.
1 Corinthians 6:18Flee fornication. Every other sin which a man may commit, is apart from the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.
Ephesians 5:28In like manner husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself;
1 Timothy 4:3forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from food which God created to be received with thanksgiving, for those who believe and know 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 →