7:1 Now
concerning
the
matters
about
which
you
wrote:
"It
is
good
for
a
man
not
to
have
sexual
relations
with
a
woman."
7:2 But
because
of
the
temptation
to
sexual
immorality,
each
man
should
have
his
own
wife
and
each
woman
her
own
husband.
7:3 The
husband
should
give
to
his
wife
her
conjugal
rights,
and
likewise
the
wife
to
her
husband.
7:4 For
the
wife
does
not
have
authority
over
her
own
body,
but
the
husband
does.
Likewise
the
husband
does
not
have
authority
over
his
own
body,
but
the
wife
does.
7:5 Do
not
deprive
one
another,
except
perhaps
by
agreement
for
a
limited
time,
that
you
may
devote
yourselves
to
prayer;
but
then
come
together
again,
so
that
Satan
may
not
tempt
you
because
of
your
lack
of
self-control.
7:6 Now
as
a
concession,
not
a
command,
I
say
this.
7:7 I
wish
that
all
were
as
I
myself
am.
But
each
has
his
own
gift
from
God,
one
of
one
kind
and
one
of
another.
7:8 To
the
unmarried
and
the
widows
I
say
that
it
is
good
for
them
to
remain
single
as
I
am.
7:9 But
if
they
cannot
exercise
self-control,
they
should
marry.
For
it
is
better
to
marry
than
to
burn
with
passion.
7:10 To
the
married
I
give
this
charge
(not
I,
but
the
Lord):
the
wife
should
not
separate
from
her
husband
7:11 (but
if
she
does,
she
should
remain
unmarried
or
else
be
reconciled
to
her
husband),
and
the
husband
should
not
divorce
his
wife.
7:12 To
the
rest
I
say
(I,
not
the
Lord)
that
if
any
brother
has
a
wife
who
is
an
unbeliever,
and
she
consents
to
live
with
him,
he
should
not
divorce
her.
7:13 If
any
woman
has
a
husband
who
is
an
unbeliever,
and
he
consents
to
live
with
her,
she
should
not
divorce
him.
7:14 For
the
unbelieving
husband
is
made
holy
because
of
his
wife,
and
the
unbelieving
wife
is
made
holy
because
of
her
husband.
Otherwise
your
children
would
be
unclean,
but
as
it
is,
they
are
holy.
7:15 But
if
the
unbelieving
partner
separates,
let
it
be
so.
In
such
cases
the
brother
or
sister
is
not
enslaved.
God
has
called
you
to
peace.
7:16 For
how
do
you
know,
wife,
whether
you
will
save
your
husband
Or
how
do
you
know,
husband,
whether
you
will
save
your
wife
7:17 Only
let
each
person
lead
the
life
that
the
Lord
has
assigned
to
him,
and
to
which
God
has
called
him.
This
is
my
rule
in
all
the
churches.
7:18 Was
anyone
at
the
time
of
his
call
already
circumcised
Let
him
not
seek
to
remove
the
marks
of
circumcision.
Was
anyone
at
the
time
of
his
call
uncircumcised
Let
him
not
seek
circumcision.
7:19 For
neither
circumcision
counts
for
anything
nor
uncircumcision,
but
keeping
the
commandments
of
God.
7:20 Each
one
should
remain
in
the
condition
in
which
he
was
called.
7:21 Were
you
a
slave
when
called
Do
not
be
concerned
about
it.
(But
if
you
can
gain
your
freedom,
avail
yourself
of
the
opportunity.)
7:22 For
he
who
was
called
in
the
Lord
as
a
slave
is
a
freedman
of
the
Lord.
Likewise
he
who
was
free
when
called
is
a
slave
of
Christ.
7:23 You
were
bought
with
a
price;
do
not
become
slaves
of
men.
7:24 So,
brothers,
in
whatever
condition
each
was
called,
there
let
him
remain
with
God.
7:25 Now
concerning
the
betrothed,
I
have
no
command
from
the
Lord,
but
I
give
my
judgment
as
one
who
by
the
Lord's
mercy
is
trustworthy.
7:26 I
think
that
in
view
of
the
present
distress
it
is
good
for
a
person
to
remain
as
he
is.
7:27 Are
you
bound
to
a
wife
Do
not
seek
to
be
free.
Are
you
free
from
a
wife
Do
not
seek
a
wife.
7:28 But
if
you
do
marry,
you
have
not
sinned,
and
if
a
betrothed
woman
marries,
she
has
not
sinned.
Yet
those
who
marry
will
have
worldly
troubles,
and
I
would
spare
you
that.
7:29 This
is
what
I
mean,
brothers:
the
appointed
time
has
grown
very
short.
From
now
on,
let
those
who
have
wives
live
as
though
they
had
none,
7:30 and
those
who
mourn
as
though
they
were
not
mourning,
and
those
who
rejoice
as
though
they
were
not
rejoicing,
and
those
who
buy
as
though
they
had
no
goods,
7:31 and
those
who
deal
with
the
world
as
though
they
had
no
dealings
with
it.
For
the
present
form
of
this
world
is
passing
away.
7:32 I
want
you
to
be
free
from
anxieties.
The
unmarried
man
is
anxious
about
the
things
of
the
Lord,
how
to
please
the
Lord.
7:33 But
the
married
man
is
anxious
about
worldly
things,
how
to
please
his
wife,
7:34 and
his
interests
are
divided.
And
the
unmarried
or
betrothed
woman
is
anxious
about
the
things
of
the
Lord,
how
to
be
holy
in
body
and
spirit.
But
the
married
woman
is
anxious
about
worldly
things,
how
to
please
her
husband.
7:35 I
say
this
for
your
own
benefit,
not
to
lay
any
restraint
upon
you,
but
to
promote
good
order
and
to
secure
your
undivided
devotion
to
the
Lord.
7:36 If
anyone
thinks
that
he
is
not
behaving
properly
toward
his
betrothed,
if
his
passions
are
strong,
and
it
has
to
be,
let
him
do
as
he
wishes:
let
them
marry--it
is
no
sin.
7:37 But
whoever
is
firmly
established
in
his
heart,
being
under
no
necessity
but
having
his
desire
under
control,
and
has
determined
this
in
his
heart,
to
keep
her
as
his
betrothed,
he
will
do
well.
7:38 So
then
he
who
marries
his
betrothed
does
well,
and
he
who
refrains
from
marriage
will
do
even
better.
7:39 A
wife
is
bound
to
her
husband
as
long
as
he
lives.
But
if
her
husband
dies,
she
is
free
to
be
married
to
whom
she
wishes,
only
in
the
Lord.
7:40 Yet
in
my
judgment
she
is
happier
if
she
remains
as
she
is.
And
I
think
that
I
too
have
the
Spirit
of
God.