1 Corinthians 7:1-3

Principles for Marriage

¹ Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: _t "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." ² But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. ³ _u The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 7:8
   To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am.
   1 Corinthians 7:26
   I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.
   
2. Cross References
   Exodus 21:10
   If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.