1 Corinthians 7:2–13

²Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. ^3bLet the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. ⁴The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. ^5cDo not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that ^dSatan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ⁶But I say this as a concession, ^enot as a commandment. ⁷For ^fI wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

⁸But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: ^gIt is good for them if they remain even as I am; ⁹but ^hif they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Keep Your Marriage Vows

¹⁰Now to the married I command, yet not I but the ⁱLord: ^jA wife is not to depart from her husband. ¹¹But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.

¹²But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her. ¹³And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him.