1 Corinthians 7:2-16

Riverside(i) 2 But because of the prevailing unchastity, let each man have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3 Let the husband pay his wife conjugal dues and the wife her husband. 4 The wife has not power over her own body, but her husband has. In the same way the husband has not power over his own body, but his wife has. 5 Do not deprive one another, unless by agreement for a time, that you may have freedom for prayer, and again come together. You must not let Satan tempt you through your lack of self-control. 6 I say this by way of indulgence, not by way of command. 7 I wish that every one were just as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one in one way and one in another. 8 I say to the unmarried and the widows, it is excellent for them to remain as I do. 9 But if they lack self-control, let them marry. It is better to marry than to burn. 10 To the married I command — yet not I, but the Lord — that the wife is not to leave her husband 11 (if she leaves him let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband) and the husband is not to put away his wife. 12 To the rest I say — not the Lord: If any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is pleased to live with him, let him not put her away. 13 And if any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he is pleased to live with her, let her not put him away. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been made holy by the wife and the unbelieving wife has been made holy by the husband. Otherwise your children would be impure, but now they are holy. 15 But if the unbelieving one actually leaves, let him leave. The brother or sister is not under bondage in such cases; but God has called you 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?