1 Corinthians 7:2

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

1Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband. 3A husband should give to his wife her sexual rights, and likewise a wife to her husband. 4It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

1 Corinthians 7:2 word by word

διὰ δὲ τὰς πορνείας ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐχέτω, καὶ ἑκάστη τὸν ἴδιον ἄνδρα ἐχέτω.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Neverthelessδέde · thenG1161
• ·διάdia · through/because ofG1223
• fornicationπορνείαporneia · sexual sinG4202
• let every manἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
• haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• his ownἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• her ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• husbandἀνήρanēr · man: husbandG435

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 7:2

• 1 Corinthians 7:9But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.
• 1 Corinthians 6:18Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin a person commits is outside of the body” – but the immoral person sins against his own body.
• Proverbs 5:18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife –
• 1 Timothy 4:3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
• Proverbs 18:22The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable, and receives a pleasurable gift from the Lord.
• Proverbs 19:14A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
• Malachi 2:14Yet you ask, “Why?” The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.
• Ephesians 5:28In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his 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

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 7:2

• Celibacy
• Chastity
• Continence
• Marriage
• Stoicism
• Wife

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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