1 Corinthians 7:1 — Meaning and Application

1 Corinthians 7:2

"Nevertheless, {to avoid} fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband."

1 Corinthians 7:3

"Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband."

1 Corinthians 7:4

"The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife."

1 Corinthians 7:5

"Defraud ye not one the other, except {it be} with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency."

1 Corinthians 7:6

"But I speak this by permission, {and} not of commandment."