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JETS 23:4 (December 1980) p. 312 more likely, given the urgencies of this whole paragraph, that what Paul intends is the full force of the present Aktionsart: “Stop depriving one another.” For it is precisely such deprivation that they are probably arguing for and that Paul is here contesting. The point of v 5 is clear: Sexual abstinence within marriage is not the norm. It may be allowed, but it is only to be temporary, by mutual consent and for prayer. In v 6, however, Paul makes it clear that such
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