Teaching on Marriage

Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is (A)good for a man [a]not to touch a woman.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:1 Prob. referring to abstinence

Concerning Married Life

Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”(A)

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[a](A)Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and [b]come together again so that (B)Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:5 Or do not deprive
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:5 Lit be

Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time,(A) so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan(B) will not tempt you(C) because of your lack of self-control.

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