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1 Corinthians 7:2
2but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each [woman] have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
- New International Version (NIV)But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
Context of 1 Corinthians 7:2
1But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman; but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each [woman] have her own husband. 3Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband. 4The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not authority over his own body, but the wife.
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διὰ δὲ τὰς πορνείας ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐχέτω, καὶ ἑκάστη τὸν ἴδιον ἄνδρα ἐχέτω.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 7:2
- 1 Corinthians 7:9But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18Flee fornication. Every sin which a man may practise is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.
- Proverbs 5:18Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.
- 1 Timothy 4:3forbidding to marry, [bidding] to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.
- Proverbs 18:22Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah.
- Proverbs 19:14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
- Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been a witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt unfaithfully: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
- Ephesians 5:28So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 7:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2To avoid fornication - · verto, propter exercendam libidinem, vel ut libidinem licite exercere liceat. Probo hanc notionem ex Hebraeo, ibi זנה , zanah, est libidinem exercere, Hosea 4:10; : For they shall eat and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, תזנו , libidinem exercebunt, and shall not increase. Here the prophet certainly does not speak of whoredom in our sense of the word; for the persons he mentions expected to have children, which cannot…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Nevertheless - But ( ̀ de). Though this is to be admitted as proper where it can be done, when a man has entire control of himself and his passions, and though in present circumstances it would be expedient, yet it may be proper also to enter into the marriage connection. To avoid fornication - Greek On account of ̀ diafornication. The word fornication is used here in the large sense of licentiousness in general. For the sake of the purity of society, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Due to widespread sexual immorality, Paul advises most Christians to marry (1 Corinthians 7:9). He balances the ideal of celibacy with an understanding of physical needs.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Here the general rule is given to avoid fornication--More literally, "on account of fornications," to which as being very prevalent at Corinth, and not even counted sins among the heathen, unmarried persons might be tempted. The plural, "fornications," marks irregular lusts, as contrasted with the unity of the marriage relation [Bengel]. let every man have--a positive command to all who have not the gift of continency, in fact to the great majority of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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