What does 1 Corinthians 7:5 mean when it says couples should not deprive each other, except for a specific time of prayer?
Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
1 Corinthians 7:5
NKJV - 5 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 Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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Asked March 19 2017
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Phil Calvert
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Chuck St Onge
I think this is valid as a rationale for not depriving your spouse. It is not a license for the deprived spouse to wander outside the marriage.