1 Corinthians 7:2

New International Reader's Version

But since sexual sin is happening, each man should sleep with his own wife. And each woman should sleep with her own husband.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:22

The one who finds a wife finds what is good. He receives favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 19:14

You will receive houses and wealth from your parents. But a wise wife is given by the Lord.

Malachi 2:14

You ask, “Why?” It’s because the Lord is holding you responsible. He watches how you treat the wife you married when you were young. You have been unfaithful to her. You did it even though she’s your partner. You promised to stay married to her. And the Lord was a witness to it.

Matthew 5:32

But here is what I tell you. Anyone who divorces his wife makes her a victim of adultery. And anyone who gets married to the divorced woman commits adultery. A man may divorce his wife only if she has not been faithful to him.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Keep far away from sexual sins. All the other sins a person commits are outside the body. But sexual sins are sins against their own body.

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now I want to deal with the things you wrote me about. Some of you say, “It is good for a man not to sleep with a woman.”

1 Corinthians 7:3

A husband should satisfy his wife’s needs. And a wife should satisfy her husband’s needs.

1 Corinthians 7:9

But if you can’t control yourselves, you should get married. It is better to get married than to burn with desire.

Ephesians 5:28

In the same way, husbands should love their wives. They should love them as they love their own bodies. Any man who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:33

A husband also must love his wife. He must love her just as he loves himself. And a wife must respect her husband.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

He wants all of you to learn to control your own bodies. You must live in a way that is holy. You must live with honor.

1 Timothy 4:3

They do not allow people to get married. They order them not to eat certain foods. But God created those foods. So people who believe and know the truth should receive them and give thanks for them.

Judges 21:22

Their fathers or brothers might not be happy with what we’re doing. If they aren’t, we’ll say to them, ‘Do us a favor. Help the men of Benjamin. We didn’t get wives for them during the battle. You aren’t guilty of doing anything wrong. After all, you didn’t give your daughters to them. Your daughters were stolen from you.’ ”