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Principles of Marriage
Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me:
It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me:
It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs.
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.
The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband gives authority over his body to his wife.
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.
Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer. Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won’t be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.
I say this as a concession, not as a command.
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.
But I wish everyone were single, just as I am. Yet each person has a special gift from God, of one kind or another.
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am;
So I say to those who aren’t married and to widows — it’s better to stay unmarried, just as I am.
but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
But if they can’t control themselves, they should go ahead and marry. It’s better to marry than to burn with lust.
Keep Your Marriage Vows
Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband.
Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband.
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.
But if she does leave him, let her remain single or else be reconciled to him. And the husband must not leave his wife.
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.
And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him.
And if a believing woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to continue living with her, she must not leave him.
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.
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.
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?
Don’t you wives realize that your husbands might be saved because of you? And don’t you husbands realize that your wives might be saved because of you?
Each of you should continue to live in whatever situation the Lord has placed you, and remain as you were when God first called you. This is my rule for all the churches.
Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.
For instance, a man who was circumcised before he became a believer should not try to reverse it. And the man who was uncircumcised when he became a believer should not be circumcised now.
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.
For it makes no difference whether or not a man has been circumcised. The important thing is to keep God’s commandments.
Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.
Yes, each of you should remain as you were when God called you.
Were you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it.
Are you a slave? Don’t let that worry you — but if you get a chance to be free, take it.
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.
And remember, if you were a slave when the Lord called you, you are now free in the Lord. And if you were free when the Lord called you, you are now a slave of Christ.
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called.
To the Unmarried and Widows
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.
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.
Now regarding your question about the young women who are not yet married. I do not have a command from the Lord for them. But the Lord in his mercy has given me wisdom that can be trusted, and I will share it with you.
I suppose therefore that this is good because 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 loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
If you have a wife, do not seek to end the marriage. If you do not have a wife, do not seek to get married.
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.
But if you do get married, it is not a sin. And if a young woman gets married, it is not a sin. However, those who get married at this time will have troubles, and I am trying to spare you those problems.
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,
But let me say this, dear brothers and sisters: The time that remains is very short. So from now on, those with wives should not focus only on their marriage.
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,
Those who weep or who rejoice or who buy things should not be absorbed by their weeping or their joy or their possessions.
and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.
Those who use the things of the world should not become attached to them. For this world as we know it will soon pass away.
I want you to be free from the concerns of this life. An unmarried man can spend his time doing the Lord’s work and thinking how to please him.
But he who is married cares about the things of the world — how he may please his wife.
But a married man has to think about his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife.
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.
His interests are divided. In the same way, a woman who is no longer married or has never been married can be devoted to the Lord and holy in body and in spirit. But a married woman has to think about her earthly responsibilities and how to please her husband.
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.
I am saying this for your benefit, not to place restrictions on you. I want you to do whatever will help you serve the Lord best, with as few distractions as possible.
But if a man thinks that he’s treating his fianc�e improperly and will inevitably give in to his passion, let him marry her as he wishes. It is not a sin.
But if he has decided firmly not to marry and there is no urgency and he can control his passion, he does well not to marry.
So the person who marries his fianc�e does well, and the person who doesn’t marry does even better.
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.