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1 Corinthians 7:2

MarriagePurityFaithfulness and loyalty

1 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

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

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BSB
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
KJV
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
WEB
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
ASV
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
DARBY
but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each [woman] have her own husband.
BLB
But because of the sexual immorality, let each man have his [own] wife, and let each woman have [her] own husband.
ÅB
men for hors skyld skal hver mann ha sin egen hustru, og hver kvinne sin egen mann.
OTB
Men på grunn av seksuell umoral skal hver mann ha sin egen kone, og hver kvinne skal ha sin egen mann.
B1930
men for hors skyld skal hver mann ha sin egen hustru, og hver kvinne sin egen mann.

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