1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless to prevent whoredoms, let every one have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
1Now as to the things concerning which ye wrote to 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.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from whoredom. Every other sin, that a man committeth, is without the body; but he, that committeth whoredom, sinneth against his own body.
Ephesians 5:28Men ought so to love their wives, as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth himself.
1 Timothy 4:3and enjoining abstinence from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by those that 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 →