Corinthians (The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the )

But concerning what you wrote to me, [it is] good for a man not to touch a woman;

but because of fornication, let each have his [own] wife, and let each have her own husband.

Let the husband give due kindness to the wife, and likewise the wife also to the husband.

The wife does not have authority of [her] own body, but the husband. And likewise also the husband does not have authority [over his] own body, but the wife.

Do not deprive one another, unless by agreement for a time, that you may be free for fasting and prayer. And come together again on the same [place], that Satan may not tempt you through your incontinence.

But I say this by permission, not by command.

But I desire all men also to be as myself. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, and one that way.

But I say to the unmarried men, and to the widows, it is good for them if they also remain as I.

But if they do not have self control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to be inflamed.

But I command the ones being married (not I, but the Lord), a woman not to be separated from her husband;

but if indeed she is separated, remain unmarried, or be reconciled to the husband; and a husband not to leave [his] wife.

But to the rest I say, not the Lord, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, let him not leave her.

And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, let her not leave him.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the husband; else, then, your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

But if the unbelieving one separates, let [them] be separated; the brother or the sister is not in bondage in such matters; but God has called us in peace.

For what do you know, wife, whether you will save the husband? Or what do you know, husband, whether you will save the wife?