1 Corinthians 7:5-9

New American Standard Bible

⁵^[a]^(A)Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and ^[b]come together again so that ^(B)Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ⁶But this I say by way of concession, ^(C)not of command. ⁷^[c]Yet I wish that all ^[d]men were ^(D)even as I myself am. However, ^(E)each has his own gift from God, one in this way, and another in that.

⁸But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is ^(F)good for them if they remain ^(G)even as I. ⁹But if they do not have self-control, ^(H)let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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1 Corinthians 7:5 Or do not deprive
1 Corinthians 7:5 Lit be
1 Corinthians 7:7 One early ms For
1 Corinthians 7:7 Or people

1 Corinthians 7:5-9

New International Version

⁵Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time,^(A) so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan^(B) will not tempt you^(C) because of your lack of self-control. ⁶I say this as a concession, not as a command.^(D) ⁷I wish that all of you were as I am.^(E) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.^(F)

⁸Now to the unmarried^[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.^(G) ⁹But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,^(H) for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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