1Corinthians:7:1-24
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Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me :
It is good for a man not to touch a woman .
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Nevertheless ,
to avoid fornication ,
let every man have his own wife ,
and let every woman have her own husband .
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Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence :
and likewise also the wife unto the husband .
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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 .
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Defraud ye not one the other ,
except it be with consent for a time ,
that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer ;
and come together again ,
that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency .
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But I speak this by permission ,
and not of commandment .
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For I would that all men were even as I myself .
But every man hath his proper gift of God ,
one after this manner ,
and another after that .
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I say therefore to the unmarried and widows ,
It is good for them if they abide even as I .
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But if they cannot contain ,
let them marry :
for it is better to marry than to burn .
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And unto the married I command ,
yet not I ,
but the Lord ,
Let not the wife depart from her husband :
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But and if she depart ,
let her remain unmarried ,
or be reconciled to her husband :
and let not the husband put away his wife .
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But to the rest speak I ,
not the Lord :
If any brother hath a wife that believeth not ,
and she be pleased to dwell with him ,
let him not put her away .
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And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not ,
and if he be pleased to dwell with her ,
let her not leave him .
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For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife ,
and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband :
else were your children unclean ;
but now are they holy .
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But if the unbelieving depart ,
let him depart .
A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases :
but God hath called us to peace .
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For what knowest thou ,
O wife ,
whether thou shalt save thy husband ?
or how knowest thou ,
O man ,
whether thou shalt save thy wife ?
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But as God hath distributed to every man ,
as the Lord hath called every one ,
so let him walk .
And so ordain I in all churches .
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Is any man called being circumcised ?
let him not become uncircumcised .
Is any called in uncircumcision ?
let him not be circumcised .
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Circumcision is nothing ,
and uncircumcision is nothing ,
but the keeping of the commandments of God .
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Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called .
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Art thou called being a servant ?
care not for it :
but if thou mayest be made free ,
use it rather .
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For he that is called in the Lord ,
being a servant ,
is the Lord '
s freeman :
likewise also he that is called ,
being free ,
is Christ '
s servant .
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Ye are bought with a price ;
be not ye the servants of men .
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Brethren ,
let every man ,
wherein he is called ,
therein abide with God .