1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for ^wa man has his father’s wife. 2 And you are ^xarrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? ^yLet him who has done this be removed from among you.

9 ^pOr do you not know that the unrighteous¹ will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the ^qsexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,² 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And ^rsuch were some of you. But you were ^swashed, you were ^tsanctified, you were ^ujustified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

12 ^v“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. 13 ^w“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And ^xGod raised the Lord and will also ^yraise us up ^zby his power. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are ^amembers of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined³ to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, ^b“The two will become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes ^cone spirit with him. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin⁴ a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that ^dyour body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? ^eYou are not your own, 20 for you were ^fbought with a price. So ^gglorify God in your body.

1 ^hNow concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But because of the temptation to ⁱsexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3 The husband should give to his wife her ^jconjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 ^kDo not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

6 Now ^las a concession, not a command, I say this.¹ 7 ^mI wish that all were ⁿas I myself am. But ^oeach has his own gift from God, ^pone of one kind and one of another.

8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am. 9 ^qBut if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

10 To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not ^rseparate from her husband 11 (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.

12 To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is ^smade holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, ^tthey are holy. 15 But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you² to ^upeace. 16 For how do you know, wife, ^vwhether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?