1 Corinthians 7:2

Easy To Read Version

But sexual sin is a danger. So each man should have his own wife. And each woman should have her own husband.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:22

If you find a wife, then you have found a good thing. She shows that the Lord is happy with you.

Proverbs 19:14

People get houses and money from their parents. But a good wife is a gift from the Lord.

Malachi 2:14

You ask, “Why are our gifts not accepted by the Lord?” Why? Because the Lord saw the bad things you did—he is a witness {\cf2\super [14]} against you. He saw you cheat on your wife. You have been married to that woman since you were young. She was your girlfriend. Then you made your vows {\cf2\super [15]} to each other—and she became your wife. \{But you cheated on her\}.

Matthew 5:32

But I tell you that any person that divorces his wife is causing his wife to be guilty of the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [67]} The only reason for a person to divorce his wife is if his wife had sexual relations with another man. And any person that marries that divorced woman is guilty of the sin of adultery.

1 Corinthians 6:18

So run away from sexual sin. Every other sin that a person does is outside his body. But the person that sins sexually sins against his own body.

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now \{I will discuss\} the things you wrote to me about. It is good for a man not to marry.

1 Corinthians 7:3

The husband should give his wife all that she should have as his wife. And the wife should give her husband all that he should have as her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:9

But if they cannot control their bodies, then they should marry. It is better to marry than to burn \{with sexual desire\}.

Ephesians 5:28

And husbands should love their wives like that. They should love their wives like they love their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:33

But each one of you must love his wife like he loves himself. And a wife must respect her husband.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

God wants each one of you to learn to control your own body. Use your body in a way that is holy and that gives honor to God. {\cf2\super [13]}

1 Timothy 4:3

Those bad people say that it is wrong to marry. And they say that there are some foods that people must not eat. But God made those foods. And the people who believe and who know the truth can eat those foods with thanks.

Judges 21:22

The fathers or brothers of those young women will come and complain to us. But we will say, ‘Be kind to the men of Benjamin. Let them marry those women. They took women from you, but they did not make war against you. They took the women, so you didn’t break your promise to God. You promised that you would not give them women to marry—you did not give the women to the men of Benjamin, they took the women from you! So you did not break your promise.’”