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Now, concerning the things about which you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have a wife for himself, and let every woman have her own husband.

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

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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) But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife,(B) and likewise the wife to her husband.

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