1 Corinthians 7:5
King James Version
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3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.Select 1 Corinthians 7:3
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.Select 1 Corinthians 7:4
5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.Select 1 Corinthians 7:5
6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.Select 1 Corinthians 7:6
7For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.Select 1 Corinthians 7:7
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7:5 Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
ASV
7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.
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