1 Corinthians 7:5

New English Translation

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your 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 takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one’s food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

Joel 2:16

Gather the people; sanctify an assembly! Gather the elders; gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom and the bride from her private quarters.

Zechariah 7:3

by asking both the priests of the temple of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, “Should we weep in the fifth month, fasting as we have done over the years?”

Matthew 19:11

He said to them, “Not everyone can accept this statement, except those to whom it has been given.

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

1 Corinthians 7:4

It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.