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1Cr 7:2 — Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

to avoid		1Cr 7:9; 1Cr 6:18; Pro 5:18,19; 1Ti 4:3
let		Pro 18:22; Pro 19:14; Mal 2:14; Eph 5:28,33

Correlating Passages

to avoid

	1Cr 7:9	But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
	1Cr 6:18	Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
	Pro 5:18	Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
	Pro 5:19	[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
	1Ti 4:3	Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

let

	Pro 18:22	[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
	Pro 19:14	House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.
	Mal 2:14	Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
	Eph 5:28	So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
	Eph 5:33	Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Corinthians 7:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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