1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of the whoredoms, let every man have his own wife, and every wife her own husband.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

1NOW with regard to those things concerning which ye have written unto me, it were good for a man not to touch a woman.

3Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence, and in like manner also the wife to the husband.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:18Flee whoredom. Every other sin which a man may commit is without the body; but he who committeth whoredom sinneth against his own body.

Ephesians 5:28So ought husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself.

1 Timothy 4:3prohibiting marriage, and enjoining abstinence from particular meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and those who acknowledge 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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