Principles of Marriage
1 Now in response to the matters you wrote 7:1 Other mss add to me about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." 7:1 Or "It is good for a man not to use a woman for sex"; lit "It is good for a man not to touch a woman."2 But because sexual immorality is so common, 7:2 Lit because of immoralities, 7:2 1Th 4:3 each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, 7:2 Mt 1:6; 1Pt 3:1 and each woman should have sexual relations with her own husband. 5 Do not deprive 7:5 Mk 10:19 one another — except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to 7:5 Other mss add fasting and to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.