2 Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render to the wife due affection, and likewise the wife to the husband.
4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5 Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan does not tempt you for lack of self-control.
6 I speak this as a concession and not as a command.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man has his proper gift from God, one after this manner and another after that.
8 I say to the unmarried and widows that it is good for them if they live even as I am.