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1 Corinthians 7:5-7
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1 Corinthians 7:5-7
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5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer.[a] Then resume your relationship,[b] so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command. 7 I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:5 tc Most later witnesses (א2 M sy) add “fasting and” (τῇ νηστείᾳ καί, tē nēsteia kai) before “prayer.” But such an addition is motivated by ascetic concerns; further, its lack in P11vid,46 א* A B C D F G P Ψ 33 1739 1881 2464 al latt co argues decisively against its authenticity.
- 1 Corinthians 7:5 tn Grk “and be together again.”
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