1 Corinthians 7:2

but, because of fornication, let a man take his wife, and let a woman take her husband.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

In Context

1BUT concerning those (questions) of which you wrote to me, It is well for a man unto a woman not to come nigh;

3And let a man render the love that is due unto his wife;

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from fornication: for every sin which a man committeth is without his body; but he who committeth fornication against his own body sinneth.

Ephesians 5:28So it becometh husbands to love their wives, as their own bodies. For he who his wife loveth, himself he loveth.

1 Timothy 4:3and prohibiting to marry, and abstaining from meats, which Aloha created to be used with thanksgiving by them 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 →

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