1Cor 7:5 | NET2full | STEP | Do not deprive each other , except by mutual agreement for a specified time , so that you may devote yourselves to prayer . Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control .

‏ 1 Corinthians 7:5

5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. ^{▼▼tc Most later witnesses (א2 Maj sy) add “fasting and” (τῇ νηστείᾳ καί, tē nēsteia kai) before “prayer.” But such an addition is motivated by ascetic concerns; further, its lack in P11vid,46 א* A B C D F G P Ψ 33 1739 1881 2464 al latt co argues decisively against its authenticity.} Then resume your relationship, ^{▼▼tn Grk “and be together again.”} so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.