1 Corinthians 7:5

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So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

he said to them, "Be prepared on the third day, and do not draw near to your wives."

Exodus 21:10

And if he takes another for him, he shall provide to the maiden a marriage, and clothing, and he shall not refuse the price of her chastity.

Joel 2:16

Gather the people, sanctify the church, unite the elders, gather together the little ones and infants at the breast. Let the bridegroom depart from his bed, and the bride from her bridal chamber.

Zechariah 7:3

to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying: "Must there be weeping with me in the fifth month, and must I sanctify myself, as I have now done for many years?"

Matthew 17:21

And when they were conversing together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: "The Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.

Matthew 19:11

And he said to them: "Not everyone is able to grasp this word, but only those to whom it has been given.

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him: "Go away, Satan. For it has been written: 'You shall adore the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.' "

1 Corinthians 7:4

It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason also, I was not willing to wait any longer, and I sent to find out about your faith, lest perhaps he who tempts may have tempted you, and our labor might have been in vain.