1 Corinthians 7:2
But, owing to the prevalence of immorality, I advise every man to have his own wife, and every woman her husband.
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In Context
1With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man to remain single.
3A husband should give his wife her due, and a wife her husband.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:18Shun all immorality. Every other sin that people commit is something outside the body; but an immoral person sins against their own body.
Ephesians 5:28That is how husbands ought to love their wives – as if they were their own bodies. A man who loves his wife is really loving himself;
1 Timothy 4:3and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the faith and have attained a full knowledge of 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 →