1 Corinthians 7:2
But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.
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- Prov 19:14 : 14 A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- 1 Cor 7:9 : 9 But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.
- Eph 5:33 : 33 Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- Prov 5:18-19 : 18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife you married in your youth– 19 a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.
- Prov 18:22 : 22 The one who has found a good wife has found what goodness is, and obtained a delightful gift from the LORD.
- 1 Cor 6:18 : 18 Flee sexual immorality!“Every sin a person commits is outside of the body”– but the immoral person sins against his own body.
- 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
- Eph 5:28 : 28 In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet you ask,“Why?” The LORD is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.
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1Celibacy and Marriage Now with regard to the issues you wrote about:“It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
- 1 Cor 7:3-1412 verses82%
3A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.
4It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.
5Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.
8To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.
9But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.
10To the married I give this command– not I, but the Lord– a wife should not divorce a husband
11(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.
12To the rest I say– I, not the Lord– if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.
13And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.
14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
- 1 Cor 7:24-296 verses78%
24In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters, let him remain in it with God.
25Remaining Unmarried With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.
26Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.
27The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.
28But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, and I am trying to spare you such problems.
29And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,
- Mark 10:7-82 verses77%
7For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,
8and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
- Rom 7:2-32 verses76%
2For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.
3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.
- 1 Thess 4:3-42 verses76%
3For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,
4that each of you know how to possess his own body in holiness and honor,
- 1 Cor 7:32-398 verses75%
32And I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
33But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,
34and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
35I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.
36If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the bloom of youth and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry.
37But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well.
38So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better.
39A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes(only someone in the Lord).
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24That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.
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33Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- Eph 5:28-292 verses74%
28In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29For no one has ever hated his own body, but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,
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31For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
- 1 Cor 7:16-172 verses74%
16For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?
17The Circumstances of Your Calling Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.
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4Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
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16Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said,“The two will become one flesh.”
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7Or who among you has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else marry her.”
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17Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.
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18Flee sexual immorality!“Every sin a person commits is outside of the body”– but the immoral person sins against his own body.
- Matt 19:5-62 verses73%
5and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
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1If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.
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25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.
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20Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.