1 Corinthians 7:5

Modern English Version

Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan does not tempt you for lack of self-control.

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.”

Exodus 21:10

If he marries another wife, then he must not diminish the first one’s food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

Joel 2:16

Gather the people, consecrate the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children and those nursing at the breast; let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her chamber.

Zechariah 7:3

saying to the priests and prophets of the house of the Lord of Hosts, “Should I weep and dedicate myself during the fifth month as I have done in these many years?”

Matthew 17:21

But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

Matthew 19:11

But He said to them, “Not all men can receive this precept, but only those to whom it is given.

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Get away from here, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.’ ”

1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to inquire about your faith, lest by some means the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor might have been in vain.