Revised Literal Translation
1 Corinthians 7:2
2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every 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
1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4The 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.
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διὰ δὲ τὰς πορνείας ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐχέτω, καὶ ἑκάστη τὸν ἴδιον ἄνδρα ἐχέτω.Read the interlinear
- ·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 cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
- Proverbs 5:18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
- 1 Timothy 4:3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
- Proverbs 18:22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of Yhwh.
- Proverbs 19:14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from Yhwh.
- Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Wherefore? because Yhwh hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
- Ephesians 5:28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth 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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