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1 Corinthians 7:5
5Don’t withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so for a set time to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should get back together so that Satan doesn’t use your lack of self-control to tempt you.
1 Corinthians 7:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Defraud ye not one 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.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of 1 Corinthians 7:5
3Husbands and wives should satisfy each other’s ⌞sexual⌟ needs. 4A wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but his wife does. Don’t withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so for a set time to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should get back together so that Satan doesn’t use your lack of self-control to tempt you. 6What I have just said is not meant as a command but as a suggestion. 7I would like everyone to be like me. However, each person has a special gift from God, and these gifts vary from person to person.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 71 Corinthians 7:5 word by word
μὴ ἀποστερεῖτε ἀλλήλους εἰ μήτι ἂν ἐκ συμφώνου πρὸς καιρόν, ἵνα σχολάσητε τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ πάλιν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἦτε, ἵνα μὴ πειράζῃ ὑμᾶς ὁ σατανᾶς διὰ τὴν ἀκρασίαν ὑμῶν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Defraud yeἀποστερέωapostereō · to defraudG650
- notμήmē · notG3361
- one the otherἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
- exceptεἰei · if: notG1487
- ·τιςtis · oneG5100
- ·ἄνan · ifG302
- withἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- consentσύμφωνοςsumphōnos · mutual consentG4859
- forπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- a timeκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- ye may give yourselvesσχολάζωscholazō · be devoted/emptyG4980
- to fastingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- to fastingνηστείαnēsteia · fastingG3521
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- prayerπροσευχήproseuchē · prayerG4335
- come togetherσυνέρχομαιsunerchomai · to assembleG4905
- againπάλινpalin · againG3825
- ·ἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- SatanΣατανᾶςSatanas · SatanG4567
- temptπειράζωpeirazō · to test/tempt: temptG3985
- youσύsu · youG4771
- forδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- incontinencyἀκρασίαakrasia · self-indulgenceG192
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 7:5
- Exodus 19:15Then Moses said to the people, “Be ready two days from now. Don’t disqualify yourselves by having sexual intercourse.”
- 1 Samuel 21:4“I don’t have any ordinary bread,” the chief priest answered David. “But there is holy bread for the young men if they haven’t had sexual intercourse ⌞today⌟.”
- Joel 2:16Gather the people. Prepare them for a holy meeting. Assemble the leaders. Gather the children, even the nursing infants. Grooms leave their rooms. Brides leave their chambers.
- Zechariah 7:3They asked the priests from the house of the Lord of Armies as well as the prophets, “Should we mourn and fast in the fifth month as we have done for so many years?”
- Zechariah 12:12The land will mourn, each family by itself: the family of David by itself, and the wives by themselves; the family of Nathan by itself, and the wives by themselves;
- Matthew 19:11He answered them, “Not everyone can do what you suggest. Only those who have that gift can.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5But when I couldn’t wait any longer, I sent ⌞Timothy⌟ to find out about your faith. I wanted to see whether the tempter had in some way tempted you, making our work meaningless.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 7:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Defraud ye not one the other - What ye owe thus to each other never refuse paying, unless by mutual consent; and let that be only for a certain time, when prudence dictates the temporary separation, or when some extraordinary spiritual occasion may render it mutually agreeable, in order that ye may fast and pray, and derive the greatest possible benefit from these duties by being enabled to wait on the Lord without distraction. That Satan tempt you not…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Defraud ye not - Of the right mentioned above. Withdraw not from the society of each other. Except it be with consent - With a mutual understanding, that you may engage in the extraordinary duties of religion; compare Exodus 19:15. And come together again - Even by mutual consent, the apostle would not have this separation to be perpetual, since it would expose them to many of the evils which the marriage relation was designed to avoid. That Satan …Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40Paul often says that true Christians, as servants of Christ, belong completely to Christ for his service. Because of this, he suggests Christians stay single. However, he admits that getting married is not a sin.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Defraud ... not--namely, of the conjugal duty "due" (1Co 7:3; compare the Septuagint, Ex 21:10). except it be--"unless perchance" [Alford]. give yourselves to--literally, "be at leisure for"; be free from interruptions for; namely, on some special "season," as the Greek for "time" means (compare Ex 19:15; Joe 2:16; Zec 7:3). fasting and prayer--The oldest manuscripts omit "fasting and"; an interpolation, evidently, of ascetics. come together--The…Read the comment
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- 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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