1 Corinthians 7:1-5

Principles for Marriage

¹ Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: _a It is good for a man not to touch a woman. ² Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. ³ _b Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. ⁴ The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. ⁵ _c Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that _d Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 7:8
   But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am.
   1 Corinthians 7:26
   I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress - that it is good for a man to remain as he is:
   
2. Cross References
   Exodus 21:10
   If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights.
   
3. Cross References
   Joel 2:16
   Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes; Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, And the bride from her dressing room.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 3:5
   For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain.