1Corinthians:7
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Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me :
It is good for a man not to touch a woman .
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Nevertheless ,
because of sexual immorality ,
let each man have his own wife ,
and let each woman have her own husband .
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Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her ,
and likewise also the wife to her husband .
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The wife does not have authority over her own body ,
but the husband does .
And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body ,
but the wife does .
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Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time ,
that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer ;
and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control .
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But I say this as a concession ,
not as a commandment .
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For I wish that all men were even as I myself .
But each one has his own gift from God ,
one in this manner and another in that .
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But I say to the unmarried and to the widows :
It is good for them if they remain even as I am ;
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but if they cannot exercise self-control ,
let them marry .
For it is better to marry than to burn with passion .
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Now to the married I command ,
yet not I but the Lord :
A wife is not to depart from her husband .
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But even if she does depart ,
let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband .
And a husband is not to divorce his wife .
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But to the rest I ,
not the Lord ,
say :
If any brother has a wife who does not believe ,
and she is willing to live with him ,
let him not divorce her .
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And a woman who has a husband who does not believe ,
if he is willing to live with her ,
let her not divorce him .
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For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife ,
and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband ;
otherwise your children would be unclean ,
but now they are holy .
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But if the unbeliever departs ,
let him depart ;
a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases .
But God has called us to peace .
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For how do you know ,
O wife ,
whether you will save your husband ?
Or how do you know ,
O husband ,
whether you will save your wife ?
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But as God has distributed to each one ,
as the Lord has called each one ,
so let him walk .
And so I ordain in all the churches .
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Was anyone called while circumcised ?
Let him not become uncircumcised .
Was anyone called while uncircumcised ?
Let him not be circumcised .
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Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing ,
but keeping the commandments of God is what matters .
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Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called .
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Were you called while a slave ?
Do not be concerned about it ;
but if you can be made free ,
rather use it .
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For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord '
s freedman .
Likewise he who is called while free is Christ '
s slave .
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You were bought at a price ;
do not become slaves of men .
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Brethren ,
let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called .
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Now concerning virgins :
I have no commandment from the Lord ;
yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy .
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I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress--that it is good for a man to remain as he is :
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Are you bound to a wife ?
Do not seek to be loosed .
Are you loosed from a wife ?
Do not seek a wife .
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But even if you do marry ,
you have not sinned ;
and if a virgin marries ,
she has not sinned .
Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh ,
but I would spare you .
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But this I say ,
brethren ,
the time is short ,
so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none ,
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those who weep as though they did not weep ,
those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice ,
those who buy as though they did not possess ,
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and those who use this world as not misusing it .
For the form of this world is passing away .
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But I want you to be without care .
He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord--how he may please the Lord .
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But he who is married cares about the things of the world--how he may please his wife .
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There is a difference between a wife and a virgin .
The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord ,
that she may be holy both in body and in spirit .
But she who is married cares about the things of the world--how she may please her husband .
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And this I say for your own profit ,
not that I may put a leash on you ,
but for what is proper ,
and that you may serve the Lord without distraction .
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But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin ,
if she is past the flower of youth ,
and thus it must be ,
let him do what he wishes .
He does not sin ;
let them marry .
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Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart ,
having no necessity ,
but has power over his own will ,
and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin ,
does well .
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So then he who gives her in marriage does well ,
but he who does not give her in marriage does better .
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A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives ;
but if her husband dies ,
she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes ,
only in the Lord .
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But she is happier if she remains as she is ,
according to my judgment--and I think I also have the Spirit of God .
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