1 Corinthians 7:2–13

²But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife: and let every woman have her own husband.

³Let the husband render the debt to his wife: and the wife also in like manner to the husband.

⁴The wife hath not power of her own body: but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body: but the wife.

⁵Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer: and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.

⁶But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.

⁷For I would that all men were even as myself. But every one hath his proper gift from God: one after this manner, and another after that.

⁸But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.

⁹But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.

¹⁰But to them that are married, not I, but the Lord, commandeth that the wife depart not from her husband.

¹¹And if she depart, that she remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife.

¹²For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not and she consent to dwell with him: let him not put her away.

¹³And if any woman hath a husband that believeth not and he consent to dwell with her: let her not put away her husband.