^{1 Ref} And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good `it is' for a man not to touch a woman,

^{2 Ref} and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

^{3 Ref} to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

^{4 Ref} the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

^{5 Ref} Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

^{6 Ref} and this I say by way of concurrence -- not of command,

^{1 Ref} Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

^{2 Ref} But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

^{3 Ref} Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

^{4 Ref} The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife.

^{5 Ref} Don't deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn't tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

^{6 Ref} But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.