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Now, concerning the things whereof ye wrote, it were, good, for a man, not to touch, a woman;

But, on account of fornications, let, each man, have, his own wife, and, each woman, have, her own husband:

Unto the wife, let the husband render what is her due, and, in like manner, the wife also, unto the husband, -

The wife, over her own body, hath not authority, but the husband, and, in like manner, the husband also, over his own body, hath not authority, but the wife.

Be not depriving one another - unless perhaps by consent for a season, that ye may have leisure for prayer, and, again, may be together, - lest Satan be tempting you by reason of your want of self-control.

This, however I am saying, by way of concession, not of injunction;