e wife. (5)Defraud not one another,
except it may be by consent occasionally, that ye may have more leisure
for fasting and prayer; and come together again, lest Satan tempt you
through your incontinence. (6)But in this I speak my opinion only, not
authoritatively. (7)For I would that all men were even as myself: but
every man hath his peculiar gift from God, one of this sort, and
another of that. (8)I say then to the unmarried and the widows, that it
is becoming them if they abide as I am. (9)But if they have not the
gift of continence, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to
burn. (10)But to the married not I command, but the Lord, That the wife
be not separated from the husband: (11)and even if she should be
separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband:
and let not the husband put away his wife.

(12)But to the others I speak, not the Lord, If any brother hath a wife
unbelieving, yet she chuseth to dwell with him, let him not put her
away. (13)And the wife which hath a husband not a believer, and he
chuses to dwell with her, let her not put him away. (14)For the husband
that believeth not is sanctified by the wife, and the wife who
believeth not is sanctified by the husband: else indeed your children
were unclean, but now are they holy. (15)But if the unbelieving person
depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in
these cases, but God hath called us unto peace.

(16)For how knowest thou, O wife, but thou shalt save thy husband? and
how knowest thou, O husband, but thou shalt save thy wife?
(17)Nevertheless as God has bestowed the gift on every man as the Lord
hath called every man, so let him walk, and so I give command in all
the churches.

(18)Is any man called being circumcised? let him not affect
uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? let him not be
circumcised. (19)Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is
nothing, but the observance of the commandments of God.

(20)Let every one abide in the calling in which he is called. (21)Art
thou called being a slave? let it give thee no concern; but if thou
canst also obtain thy freedom, rather make use of it. (22)For he that
is called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freed man: in like
manner also, he that is called, being a free man, is the servant of
Christ. (23)Have you been redeemed with a price? become not the slaves
of men. (24)Let every one, brethren, in the vocation wherein