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It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife. 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. I say this as a concession, not as a command.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:5 tn Grk “and be together again.”