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Principles of Marriage

1 Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: aIt is good for a man not to touch a woman.  
2 Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3 aLet the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.  
4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5 aDo not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that bSatan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.  
6 But I say this as a concession, anot as a commandment.  
7 For aI wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.  
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for 1 Corinthians 7:2.

I Corinthians 7:1-5

Please turn with me to I Corinthians 7, verse 1. An antidote to such behavior is a faithful marriage. Paul advises the Corinthian brethren, as they live in a sexually promiscuous society, about this temptation. Paul's principles of marriage are designed to counter sexual immorality. We are going to read verses 1 through 5.

So obviously Satan exploits areas where we do lack self-control. And apparently, of course, looking at the world, this is the greatest temptation of people, although there are many others, like power and money and so on.

Giving in to temptation shows a lack of self-control, a surrender of our guard and morals. And what most people in this day and age do not realize is that even sexual immorality outside of marriage or before marriage, which is fornication, is a sin and must be repented of. And it is too common everywhere.

The person who allows the sinfulness of the world to ensnare him, and who allows himself to be caught in the non-Christian activities of society, has one fundamental problem: he degenerates for lack of self-discipline. He dies for lack of self-control.

Excerpted from Decide Now How You Will Respond!



Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing 1 Corinthians 7:2:

1 Corinthians 6:15-17


 
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