³⁴ And Jesus said to them, ^(A)“The sons of this age ^(B)marry and ^(C)are given in marriage,

⁸ The master commended the dishonest manager for his ^(A)shrewdness. For ^(B)the sons of this world^[a] are ^(C)more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than ^(D)the sons of light.

^27 (A)They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

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

^31 (A)“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and ^(B)the two shall become one flesh.”

² But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. ^3 (A)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 (B)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, ^(C)so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

⁶ Now as a concession, ^(D)not a command, I say this.^{[a] 7 (E)}I wish that all were ^(F)as I myself am. But ^(G)each has his own gift from God, ^(H)one of one kind and one of another.

⁸ To the unmarried and the widows I say that ^(I)it is good for them to remain single, ^(J)as I am. ⁹ But if they cannot exercise self-control, ^(K)they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

¹⁰ To the married ^(L)I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): ^(M)the wife should not separate from her husband ¹¹ (but if she does, ^(N)she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and ^(O)the husband should not divorce his wife.

¹² To the rest I say (I, 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. ¹³ If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. ¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. ^(P)Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. ¹⁵ But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you^{[b] (Q)}to peace. ¹⁶ For how do you know, wife, ^(R)whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?