论婚姻

关于你们信上所写的事,我认为男人不亲近女人是好的。 不过,为了避免发生淫乱的事,男婚女嫁也合情合理。

夫妻双方都应当履行自己的义务,过正常的夫妻生活。

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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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Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

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

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

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