1 Corinthians 6:15-7:6

English Standard Version

¹⁵ Do you not know that ^(A)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶ Or do you not know that he who is joined^[a] to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, ^(B)“The two will become one flesh.” ¹⁷ But he who is joined to the Lord ^(C)becomes one spirit with him. ^18 (D)Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin^[b] a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person ^(E)sins against his own body. ¹⁹ Or ^(F)do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? ^(G)You are not your own, ^20 (H)for you were bought with a price. ^(I)So glorify God in your body.

Principles for Marriage

7 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: ^(J)“It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” ² But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. ^3 (K)The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. ⁴ For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. ^5 (L)Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, ^(M)so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

⁶ Now as a concession, ^(N)not a command, I say this.^[c]