3. The husband should fulfill his duty toward his wife, and likewise the wife toward her husband.
4. A wife does not have authority over her own body, but rather her husband, and similarly a husband does not have authority over his own body, but rather his wife.
5. Do not deprive each other, except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, to be free for prayer, but then return to one another, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
6. This I say by way of concession, however, not as a command.
7. Indeed, I wish everyone to be as I am, but each has a particular gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
8. Now to the unmarried and to widows, I say: it is a good thing for them to remain as they are, as I do,
9. but if they cannot exercise self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be on fire.
10. To the married, however, I give this instruction (not I, but the Lord): A wife should not separate from her husband
11. —and if she does separate she must either remain single or become reconciled to her husband—and a husband should not divorce his wife.