1 Corinthians 7:1–3

PRINCIPLES OF MARRIAGE

7 Now in response to the matters you wroteE about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”F 2 But because sexual immorality is so common,G,ar each man should have sexual relations with his own wife,as and each woman should have sexual relations with her own husband. 3 A husband should fulfill his marital dutyat to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

E	Other mss add to me
F	Or “It is good for a man not to use a woman for sex”; lit “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”
G	Lit because of immoralities
ar	1 Th 4:3
as	Mt 1:6 1 Pe 3:1
at	Ro 13:7