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1 Corinthians 7:2 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verse 2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.1 Corinthians 7:2 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:2 in context
1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Neverthelessdiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- Neverthelessdebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
- fornicationporneiaillicit sexual intercourse, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse…G4202 →
- husbandanērwith reference to sex, of a male, of a husband, of a betrothed or future husband, with…G435 →
- womanhekastoseach, everyG1538 →
- wifegynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
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The apostle comes now, as a faithful and skilful casuist, to answer some cases of conscience which the Corinthians had proposed to him. Those were things whereof they wrote to him, Co1 7:1. As the lips of ministers should keep knowledge, so the people should ask the law at their mouths.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9