7 1 AND NOW for the matters you wrote about.
It is a good thing for a man to have nothing to do with women; Or: You say, 'It is a good thing ... women; ... 7 2 but because there is so much immorality, let each man have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 7 3 The husband must give the wife what is due to her, and the wife equally must give the husband his due. 7 4 The wife cannot claim her body as her own; it is her husband's. Equally, the husband cannot claim his body as his own; it is his wife's. 7 5 Do not deny yourselves to one another, except when you agree upon a temporary abstinence in order to devote yourselves to prayer; afterwards you may come together again; otherwise, for lack of self-control, you may be tempted by Satan. 7 6 All this I say by way of concession, not command. 7 7 I should like you all to be as I am myself; but everyone has the gift God has granted him, one this gift and another that.
7 8 To the unmarried and to widows I say this: it is a good thing if they stay as I am myself; 7 9 but if they cannot control themselves, they should marry. Better be married than burn with vain desire.
7 10 To the married I give this ruling, which is not mine but the Lord's: a wife must not separate herself from her husband; 7 11 if she does, she must either remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband; and the husband must not divorce his wife.
7 12 To the rest I say this, as my own word, not as the Lord's: if a Christian has a heathen wife, and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her; 7 13 and a woman who has a heathen husband willing to live with her must not divorce her husband. 7 14 For the heathen husband now belongs to God through his Christian wife, and the heathen wife through her Christian husband. Otherwise your children would not belong to God, whereas in fact they do. 7 15 If on the other hand the heathen partner wishes for a separation, let him have it. In such cases the Christian husband or wife is under no compulsion; but God's call is a call to live in peace. 7 16 Think of it: as a wife you may be your husband's salvation; as a husband you may be your wife's salvation.