1 Corinthians 7:2-16

CAB(i) 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 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. 5 Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement, and that for a season, so that you may devote yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment. 7 For I wish that all men would be as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that. 8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they should remain as I also remain; 9 but if they are not exercising self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 10 Now to those who have married I command, yet not I, but the Lord: A wife is not to be separated from her husband-- 11 and even if she does separate, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband--and a husband is not to divorce his wife. 12 But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, let him not divorce her. 13 And a wife who has an unbelieving husband, if he consents to live with her, let her not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. 15 But if the unbelieving spouse separates, let him or her separate; the brother or the sister has not been bound in such cases; but God has called us to peace. 16 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?