1 Corinthians 7:2

But, on account of whoredom, let each have his own wife and let a woman have her own husband.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

1And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me, it is praiseworthy for a man not to approach a woman.

3And let the man render to his wife the kindness which is due; and so also the woman to her husband.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:18Flee whoredom. For every other sin which a man committeth, is external to his body; but he that committeth whoredom, sinneth against his own body.

Ephesians 5:28It behooveth men so to love their wives, as they do their own bodies. For he that loveth his wife loveth himself.

1 Timothy 4:3and will forbid to marry; and will require abstinence from meats, which God hath created for use and for thankfulness, 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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