3. The husband should meet his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should do the same for her husband.
4. The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5. Don’t refuse to meet each other’s needs unless you both agree for a short period of time to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come back together again so that Satan might not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6. I’m saying this to give you permission; it’s not a command.
7. I wish all people were like me, but each has a particular gift from God: one has this gift, and another has that one.
8. I’m telling those who are single and widows that it’s good for them to stay single like me.
9. But if they can’t control themselves, they should get married, because it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
10. I’m passing on the Lord’s command to those who are married: A wife shouldn’t leave her husband,
11. but if she does leave him, then she should stay single or be reconciled to her husband. And a man shouldn’t divorce his wife.
12. I’m telling everyone else (the Lord didn’t say this specifically): If a believer has a wife who doesn’t believe, and she agrees to live with him, then he shouldn’t divorce her.