
1 Corinthians 7:1-16 (Episode 174)
30 Minutes In The New Testament
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You Should Have Your Own Wife and Each Woman Her Own Husband
The problem with everybody remaining celibate is the vast majority of people aren't built that way. So paul says, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. Now, this is not an absolute statement or a blanket statement, because s he'll go on to show, even in this passage, he doesn't has his own wife. And so it's not to say that if you're not married, that's bad, but it's acknowledging that for the majority of people, that's probably going need o be the case. If for any reason, just even at bottom, to avoid the temptation to go have sex with other people.
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