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- Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry.
- But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
- The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
- The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife.
- Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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- Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
- But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.
- The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
- The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
- Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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- I say this as a concession, not as a command.
- I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
- Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am.
- But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
- To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
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- But this I say by way of concession, not of command.
- Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.
- But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.
- But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
- But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband
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- But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
- To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
- And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
- For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
- But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.
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- (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.
- But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.
- And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away.
- For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
- Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace.
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- How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
- Nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.
- Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.
- Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God's commands is what counts.
- Each one should remain in the situation which he was in when God called him.
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- For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
- Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk And so I direct in all the churches.
- Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised.
- Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God.
- Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called.
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- Were you a slave when you were called? Don't let it trouble you--although if you can gain your freedom, do so.
- For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord's freedman; similarly, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ's slave.
- You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
- Brothers, each man, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation God called him to.
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- Were you called while a slave? Do not worry about it; but if you are able also to become free, rather do that.
- For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord's freedman; likewise he who was called while free, is Christ's slave.
- You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
- Brethren, each one is to remain with God in that condition in which he was called.
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