⁴ Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.^(A)

²⁴ Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.^(A)

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,^(A)

² But because of cases of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. ³ The husband should give to his wife what is due her and likewise the wife to her husband.^{(A) 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 Do not deprive one another except perhaps by agreement for a set time, to devote yourselves to prayer,^[a] and then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.^{(B) 6} This I say by way of concession, not of command.^{(C) 7} I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has a particular gift from God, one having one kind and another a different kind.^(D)

⁸ To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain unmarried as I am.^{(E) 9} But if they are not practicing self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion.^(F)

¹⁰ To the married I give this command—not I but the Lord—that the wife should not separate from her husband^{(G) 11} (but if she does separate, let her remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband) and that the husband should not divorce his wife.

¹² To the rest I say—I and not the Lord—that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.^{(H) 13} And if any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce the husband. ¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through the brother.^[b] Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.^{(I) 15} But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called us.^{[c](J) 16} Wife, for all you know, you might save your husband. Husband, for all you know, you might save your wife.^(K)