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Keep away from fornication. Every sin that a man commits, is outside his body; but he who commits adultery sins against his own body.

NOW concerning the things which you wrote to me: It is proper for a husband not to have intimacy with his wife at times.

Nevertheless, because of the danger of immorality, let every man cling to his own wife, and let every woman cling to her own husband.

Let the husband give to his wife the love which he owes her; and likewise also the wife to her husband.

The wife has no authority over her own body, but her husband; and likewise also the husband has no authority over his own body, but his wife.

For I would that all men were like myself in purity. But every man has his proper gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

But if she separate, let her remain single, or be reconciled to her husband; and let not the husband desert his wife.

Therefore I would that you were free from worldly cares. For he who is unmarried, is concerned in the things of his master, so as to please his master.

And he who is married is concerned with worldly things, in order to please his wife.

If any man thinks that he is shamed by the behavior of his virgin daughter, because she has passed the marriage age, and he has not given her in marriage, and that he should give her, let him give her in marriage and he does not sin. Let her be married.

Nevertheless, he who has sincerely decided, and who is not forced by circumstances, but has determined and decreed in his heart to keep his virgin daughter single, he does well.

So then he who gives his virgin daughter in marriage does well; and he who does not give his virgin daughter in marriage does even better.

What officer commands an army at his own expense? or who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruits? or who feeds sheep, and does not eat of the milk of his flock?

Even so has our LORD commanded that those who preach his gospel should live by his gospel.

And every man who battles in the contest, frees his mind from every thing else. And yet they run to win a garland which is perishable; but we to win one which is everlasting.

But let no man seek for himself alone, but let every man seek for his neighbor also.

Every man who prays or prophesies, having his head covered, dishonors his head.

For a man indeed ought not cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

Therefore whosoever shall eat of the LORD''s bread, and drink of his cup unworthily, shall be guilty of the blood and body of the LORD.

For he who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks to his condemnation; for he does not discern the LORD''s body.