KJV King James Version
Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
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1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 7
2 Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
μὴG3361 · mēnotἀποστερεῖτεG650 · apostereōto defraudἀλλήλουςG240 · allēlōnone anotherεἰG1487 · eiifμήτιG3385 · mētisurely notἂνG302 · anifἐκG1537 · ekout fromσυμφώνουG4859 · sumphōnosmutual consentπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withκαιρόν,G2540 · kairostime/right timeἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toσχολάσητεG4980 · scholazōbe devoted/emptyτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoπροσευχῇG4335 · proseuchēprayerκαὶG2532 · kaiandπάλινG3825 · palinagainἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoαὐτὸG846 · autosit/s/heἦτε,G1510 · eimito beἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toμὴG3361 · mēnotπειράζῃG3985 · peirazōto test/tempt: temptὑμᾶςG4771 · suyouὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoσατανᾶςG4567 · SatanasSatanδιὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀκρασίανG192 · akrasiaself-indulgenceὑμῶν.G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
Exodus 19:15And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at [your] wives.Joel 2:16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.Zechariah 12:12-14And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;1 Samuel 21:4-5And the priest answered David, and said, [There is] no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.Zechariah 7:3[And] to speak unto the priests which [were] in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?Matthew 19:11But he said unto them, All [men] cannot receive this saying, save [they] to whom it is given.Matthew 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.1 Thessalonians 3:5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
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