1 Corinthians 7:2

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Summary

1 Corinthians 7:2

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

To avoid

General references

Proverbs 5:15

Matthew 19:10

Bible References

To avoid

But if they do not have [sufficient] self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Run away from sexual immorality [in any form, whether thought or behavior, whether visual or written]. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the one who is sexually immoral sins against his own body.

Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from [certain kinds of] foods which God has created to be gratefully shared by those who believe and have [a clear] knowledge of the truth.

General references

Drink water from your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship]

And fresh running water from your own well.

The disciples said to Jesus, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”