1 Corinthians 7:3-9

New King James Version

^3 (A)Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. ⁴ The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. ^5 (B)Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that ^(C)Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ⁶ But I say this as a concession, ^(D)not as a commandment. ⁷ For ^(E)I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: ^(F)It is good for them if they remain even as I am; ⁹ but ^(G)if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.