1Cor 7:1-13 | ESV | STEP | Now concerning the matters about which you wrote : It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman .

q[See ver. 10 above]

1 Corinthians 7:1-13

Principles for Marriage

1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: ^a“It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3 ^bThe husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 ^cDo not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, ^dso that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

6 Now as a concession, ^enot a command, I say this. ^{▼▼Or I say this:} 7 ^gI wish that all were ^has I myself am. But ⁱeach has his own gift from God, ^jone of one kind and one of another.

8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that ^kit is good for them to remain single ^las, I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, ^mthey should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

10 To the married ⁿI give this charge (not I, but the Lord): ^othe wife should not separate from her husband 11 (but if she does, ^pshe should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and ^qthe husband should not divorce his wife.

12 To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.