1 Corinthians 7:2

But, on account of fornications, let, each man, have, his own wife, and, each woman, have, her own husband:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, concerning the things whereof ye wrote, it were, good, for a man, not to touch, a woman;

3Unto the wife, let the husband render what is her due, and, in like manner, the wife also, unto the husband,—

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:18Let thy well-spring be blessed,—and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth:—

Proverbs 19:14House and substance, are an inheritance from one’s fathers, but, from Yahweh, cometh a wife who is prudent.

1 Corinthians 6:18Flee fornication! Every sin, whatsoever a man shall commit, is, outside his body, but, he that committeth fornication, bringeth sin into his own body.

Ephesians 5:28So, ought the husbands [also] to be loving their own wives, as their own bodies,—he that loveth his own wife, loveth himself,

1 Timothy 4:3Forbidding to marry, [commanding] to abstain from foods which, God, created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and personally 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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