1 Corinthians 7:2
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New International Version (©1984)
But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.

International Standard Version (©2008)
Because sexual immorality is so rampant, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But in order to avoid sexual sins, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

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

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

American Standard Version
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Bible in Basic English
But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Darby Bible Translation
but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each woman have her own husband.

English Revised Version
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Webster's Bible Translation
Nevertheless, to avoid lewdness, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Weymouth New Testament
But because there is so much fornication every man should have a wife of his own, and every woman should have a husband.

World English Bible
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Young's Literal Translation
and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

Geneva Study Bible

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

People's New Testament

7:2 To avoid fornication. To prevent this sin, and the temptations to it in an unmarried state, especially in a vicious community, it was best for each sex that they be married; the normal condition of the sexes.

Wesley's Notes

7:2 Yet, when it is needful, in order to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife. His own - For Christianity allows no polygamy.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

2. Here the general rule is given

to avoid fornication-More literally, "on account of fornications," to which as being very prevalent at Corinth, and not even counted sins among the heathen, unmarried persons might be tempted. The plural, "fornications," marks irregular lusts, as contrasted with the unity of the marriage relation [Bengel].

let every man have-a positive command to all who have not the gift of continency, in fact to the great majority of the world (1Co 7:5). The dignity of marriage is set forth by Paul (Eph 5:25-32), in the fact that it signifies the mystical union between Christ and the Church.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:1-9 The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, in that juncture of time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, and the comforts of that state, are settled by Divine wisdom. Though none may break the law of God, yet that perfect rule leaves men at liberty to serve him in the way most suited to their powers and circumstances, of which others often are very unfit judges. All must determine for themselves, seeking counsel from God how they ought to act.


1 Corinthians 7:1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:3 The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. (NASB ©1995)

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

to avoid. 9 6:18 Pr 5:18,19 1Ti 4:3

let. Pr 18:22 19:14 Mal 2:14 Eph 5:28,33

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