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1 Corinthians 7:2

MarriagePurityFaithfulness and loyalty

1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of 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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