1 Corinthians 7:2–13

²and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband; ³to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband; ⁴the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife. ⁵Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence; ⁶and this I say by way of concurrence—not of command, ⁷for I wish all men to be even as I myself am; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus. ⁸And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I am; ⁹and if they have not continence—let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.

¹⁰And to the married I announce—not I, but the Lord—let not a wife separate from a husband: ¹¹but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife. ¹²And to the rest I speak—not the Lord—if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away; ¹³and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;