Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Defraud ye not ... - Of the right mentioned above. Withdraw not from the society of each other.
Except it be with consent - With a mutual understanding, that you may engage in the extraordinary duties of religion; compare Exodus 19:15.
And come together again ... - Even by mutual consent, the apostle would not have this separation to be perpetual, since it would expose them to many of the evils which the marriage relation was designed to avoid.
That Satan ... - That Satan take not advantage of you, and throw you into temptation, and fill you with thoughts and passions which the marriage compact was designed to remedy.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Corinthians 7:5:
Joel 2:16
1 Corinthians 7:6
1 Corinthians 7:12
1 Corinthians 7:40
2 Timothy 3:3
James 5:4
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