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1 Corinthians 7:1

Verse 1 of 40. The 7th of 16 chapters in 1 Corinthians, in The Letters of Paul.

1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

4The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.