Verse 2
1 Corinthians 7:2
Noah Webster Bible
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Nevertheless, to avoid lewdness, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Original Language Text
greek
διὰ δὲ τὰς πορνείας ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐχέτω, καὶ ἑκάστη τὸν ἴδιον ἄνδρα ἐχέτω.
English Translation
But because of immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
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Chapter 7 Context
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Now concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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Nevertheless, to avoid lewdness, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own h...
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Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife to the husband.
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The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not pow...
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Defraud ye not one the other, except with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting...
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But I speak this by permission, and not as a commandment.
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For I would that all men were as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift from God (Elohim), one...
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I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they remain even as I.
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But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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And to the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
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But if she shall depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the...
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But to the rest I speak, not the Lord, if any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she is ple...
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And the woman who hath a husband that believeth not, and if he is pleased to dwell with her, let her...
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For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the...
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15
But if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such...
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16
For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, wheth...
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17
But as God (Elohim) hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him wal...
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18
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcisi...
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Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God (...
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Let every man continue in the same calling in which he was called.
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Art thou called being a servant? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
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For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's free-man: likewise also he that is...
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Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
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Brethren, let every man in the state in which he is called, continue in it with God (Elohim).
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Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that hath o...
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I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say , that it is good for a man so...
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Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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But if thou marry, thou hast not sinned: and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless, s...
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But this I say, brethren, The time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as tho...
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And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and...
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And they that use this world, as not abusing it . For the fashion of this world passeth away.
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But I would have you without anxious care. He that is unmarried, is anxious for the things that belo...
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But he that is married, is anxious for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
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There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is anxious for the thing...
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And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is co...
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But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself uncomely towards his virgin, if she hath passed the...
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Nevertheless, he that standeth steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his...
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So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth bett...
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The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband is dead, she is at li...
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But she is happier if she so remain, after my judgment; and I think also that I have the Spirit of G...
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