1 Corinthians 6:9–7:11

9 Know ye not that the unrighteous kshall not inherit the kingdom of God? lBe not deceived: kneither mnofornicators, nor oidolaters, nor nadulterers, nor effeminate, nor mpabusers of themselves with mankind, 10 kNor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were qsome of you: but rye are washed, but sye are sanctified, but tye are justified uin the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

12 xAll things are lawful unto me, xbut all things are not ||expedient: xall things are lawful for me, but I will not be ybrought under the power of any. 13 zMeats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but afor the Lord; and bthe Lord for the body. 14 And cGod hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us dby his own power. 15 Know ye not that eyour bodies are bthe members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? fGod forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is gjoined to an harlot is one body? for htwo, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17 But ihe that is gjoined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18 kFlee lfornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth magainst his own body. 19 What? know ye not that nyour body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and boye are not your own? 20 For pye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, bwhich are God’s.

7 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: aIt is good for a man not to btouch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid cfornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 dLet the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The 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. 5 fDefraud ye 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. 6 But I speak this by permission, and knot of commandment. 7 For 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.

8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, aIt is good for them if they abide meven as I. 9 But pif they cannot qcontain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. 10 And unto the married I command, yet rnot I, but the Lord, sLet not the wife depart from her husband: 11 tBut and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.