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What
the Bible Says about Marriage
The Bible and Marriage
Principles of Marriage
1 Corinthians 7:1-9
1 "Now
concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not
to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, because of sexual
immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her
own husband. 3 Let the husband render to his wife
the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does.
And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but
the wife does. 5 Do not deprive one another except
with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer;
and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your
lack of self-control. 6 But I say this as a concession,
not as a commandment. 7 For I wish that all men
were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in
this manner and another in that. 8 But I say to
the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even
as I am; 9 but if they cannot exercise self-control,
let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion."
