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Principles for Marriage
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
Teaching on Marriage
Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.
The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
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.
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
But this I say by way of concession, not of command.
I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.
To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.
But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband
But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband
(but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.
(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.
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.
But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.
If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.
And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away.
For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace.
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
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?
Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And so I direct in all the churches.
Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision.
Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised.
For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God.
Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.
Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called.
Were you called while a slave? Do not worry about it; but if you are able also to become free, rather do that.
For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ.
For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord’s freedman; likewise he who was called while free, is Christ’s slave.
You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men.
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
Brethren, each one is to remain with God in that condition in which he was called.
Now concerning virgins I have no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy.
I think then that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;
and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods,
and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;
and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the form of this world is passing away.
I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife,
but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.
and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.
This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.
But if any man thinks that he is acting unbecomingly toward his virgin daughter, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let her marry.
But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.
But he who stands firm in his heart, being under no constraint, but has authority over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, he will do well.
So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.
So then both he who gives his own virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.