1 Corinthians 7:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Do not refuse one another except perhaps by agreement for a season, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, lest Satan tempt you through lack of self-control.

Cross References

Exodus 19:15

And he said to the people, “Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman.”

Exodus 21:10

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

Joel 2:16

gather the people. Sanctify the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.

Zechariah 7:3

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

Matthew 17:21

Matthew 19:11

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

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Begone, Satan! for it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’ ”

1 Corinthians 7:4

For the wife does not rule over her own body, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not rule over his own body, but the wife does.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent that I might know your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor would be in vain.