1 Corinthians 7:5-8

Young's Literal Translation

⁵Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

⁶and this I say by way of concurrence -- not of command,

⁷for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

⁸And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];

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1 Corinthians 7:5-8

New International Version

⁵Do 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. ⁶I say this as a concession, not as a command.^(D) ⁷I wish that all of you were as I am.^(E) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.^(F)