1 Corinthians 7:2
“Neuerthelesse, to auoid fornication, let euery man haue his owne wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.”
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1 Corinthians 7:2 Context
1Now cōcerning the things wherof ye wrote vnto me, It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2Neuerthelesse, to auoid fornication, let euery man haue his owne wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband. 3Let the husband render vnto the wife due beneuolence: and likewise also the wife vnto the husband. 4The wife hath not power of her owne body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his owne body, but the wife.
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
- King James Version
But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.
- Basic English Bible
but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each [woman] have her own husband.
- Darby Bible
Nevertheless, to avoid lewdness, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
- Webster's Bible
But because there is so much fornication every man should have a wife of his own, and every woman should have a husband.
- Weymouth Bible
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
- World English Bible
But for fornycacioun eche man haue his owne wijf, and ech womman haue hir owne hosebonde.
- Wycliffe Bible
and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 7:2
7:2 Yet, when it is needful, in order to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife. His own - For Christianity allows no polygamy.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 7:2
1Co 7:2 [To avoid] fornication. To prevent this sin, and the temptations to it in an unmarried state, especially in a vicious community, it was best for each sex that they be married; the normal condition of the sexes.