1 Corinthians 7:2–13

²Nevertheless, to avoid ^cfornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. ^3dLet the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. ⁴The wife ^ehath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband ^ehath not power of his own body, but the wife. ^5fDefraud you not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to ^gfasting and prayer, and come together again, that ^hSatan ⁱtempt you not for your ^jincontinency. ⁶But I speak this by permission, and ^knot of commandment. ⁷For ^lI would that all men were ^meven as I myself. But ⁿevery man hath his proper gift of God, ^oone after this manner, and another after that.

⁸I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, ^aIt is good for them if they abide ^meven as I. ⁹But ^pif they cannot ^qcontain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. ¹⁰And unto the married I command, yet ^rnot I, but the Lord, ^sLet not the wife depart from her husband: ^11tbut and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. ¹²But ^kto the rest speak I, ^unot the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she ^wbe pleased to dwell with him, let him not ^xput her away. ¹³And the woman which hath a husband that believeth not, and if he ^wbe pleased to dwell with her, let her not ^xleave him.