²But because of sexual immorality, let each man have^b his own wife and let each woman have her own husband. ³The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. ⁴The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife does. ⁵Do not defraud one another, except perhaps by agreement, for a time, in order that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then you should be together^c again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self control. ⁶But I say this as a concession, not as a command. ⁷I wish all people could be like myself, but each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that way.

⁸Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am. ⁹But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

¹⁰To the married I command—not I, but the Lord—a wife must not separate from her husband. ¹¹But if indeed she does separate, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

¹²Now to the rest I say—not the Lord—if any brother has an unbelieving wife and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. ¹³And if any wife has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce her husband.

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Footnotes

bI.e., in the sense of “have sexual relations with”
cLiterally “at the same”