Bible in Basic English
"It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that."
— 1 Corinthians 7:7, Bible in Basic English
“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.”
The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.
Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.
But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.
It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.
But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.
But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband