The Scriptures 1998

1 Corinthians 7:5-12 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

5. Do not deprive one another except with agreement for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer. And come together again so that Satan does not try you because of your lack of self-control.

6. And I say this as a concession, not as a command.

7. For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from Elohim, one in this way and another in that.

8. And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am,

9. but if they do not have self-control, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.

10. And to the married I command, not I, but the Master: A wife should not separate from a husband.

11. But if she is indeed separated, let her remain unmarried or be restored to favour with her husband, and let a husband not send away a wife.

12. And to the rest I say, not the Master: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she thinks well to live with him, let him not send her away.