2 Nevertheless, I say, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence; and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
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.
5 Depart ye not one from 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.
6 And now what I speak is by permission, and not by commandment.
7 For I would that all men were even as myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
9 But if they cannot abide, let them marry; for it is better to marry than that any should commit sin.
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband;
11 But if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband; but let not the husband put away his wife.
12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord; If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
