1 Corinthians 7:2-16

2But because of much immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

3Let the husband fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

4The wife does not have the rights to her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband does not have the rights to his own body, but the wife.

5Do not deprive one another—except by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

6But this I say as a concession, not as a command.

7Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this way and another that.

8But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them to remain as I am.

9But if they do not have self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with desire.

10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—a wife is not to be separated from her husband

11(but if she gets separated, let her remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband is not to divorce his wife.

12But to the rest I say—I, not the Lord—if any brother has a wife who is not a believer, and she agrees to live with him, he must not divorce her.

13And if any woman has a husband who is not a believer, and he agrees to live with her, she must not divorce him.

14For the unbelieving husband is made holy through the wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

15But if the unbeliever separates, let him be separated. The brother or the sister is not bound in such cases, but God has called you to shalom.

16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?