1 Corinthians 7:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Do not deprive one another except perhaps by agreement for a set time, to devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

And he said to the people, “Prepare for the third day; do not go near a woman.”

Exodus 21:10

If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish the food, clothing, or marital rights of the first wife.

Joel 2:16

gather the people. Consecrate the congregation; assemble the aged; gather the children, even infants at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her canopy.

Zechariah 7:3

and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets, “Should I mourn and practice abstinence in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

Matthew 19:11

But he said to them, “Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given.

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’ ”

1 Corinthians 7:4

For 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 bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith; I was afraid that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor had been in vain.