the things whereof ye wrote to me: It is good for a man
not to touch a woman; (2)but because of fornication, let each man have
his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. (3)Let the
husband render to the wife her due; and in like manner the wife also
to the husband. (4)The wife has not power over her own body, but the
husband; and in like manner the husband also has not power over his
own body, but the wife. (5)Defraud not one the other, except it be
with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and
prayer, and come again together, that Satan may not tempt you on
account of your incontinency.

(6)But this I say by way of permission, not of command. (7)But I would
that all men were as myself. But each one has his own gift from God,
one after this manner, and another after that.

(8)And I say to the unmarried and the widows, it is good for them if
they remain as I also am. (9)But if they have not self-control, let
them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

(10)And the married not I command, but the Lord, that the wife depart
not from the husband. (11)But if she have departed, let her remain
unmarried, or let her be reconciled to her husband; and let the
husband not put away his wife.

(12)But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife
that believes not, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not
put her away. (13)And a woman who has a husband that believes not, and
he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.
(14)For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the
unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband; else your children are
unclean; but now they are holy.

(15)But if the unbelieving departs, let him depart. The brother or the
sister is not under bondage in such cases; but God has called us to
peace. (16)For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy
husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy
wife? (17)Only, as the Lord apportioned to each one, as God has called
each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.

(18)Was any one called being circumcised? Let him not become
uncircumcised. Has any one been called in uncircumcision? Let him not
be circumcised. (19)Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is
nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.

(20)Let each one abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
(21)Wast thou called being a servant? Care n