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.
KJV
μὴ ἀποστερεῖτε ἀλλήλους, εἰ μήτι ἂν ἐκ συμφώνου πρὸς καιρὸν ἵνα σχολάσητε τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ πάλιν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἦτε, ἵνα μὴ πειράζῃ ὑμᾶς ὁ σατανᾶς διὰ τὴν ἀκρασίαν ὑμῶν.
Greek NT
Nolite fraudare invicem, nisi forte ex consensu ad tempus, ut vacetis orationi : et iterum revertimini in idipsum, ne tentet vos Satanas propter incontinentiam vestram.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer: and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- σχολάσητε — SBLGNT
- σχολάσητε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- σχολάζητε — Robinson-Pierpont
- τῇ — SBLGNT
- τῇ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + νηστείᾳ καὶ τῇ — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἦτε — SBLGNT
- ἦτε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- συνέρχησθε — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
At first God deemed it sufficient to inscribe the natural law, or the Decalogue, upon the hearts of men; but afterwards He found it necessary to bridle, with the yoke of the Mosaic law, the desires of the Jews, who were abusing their liberty; and even to add some special commands, because of the hardness of their hearts. 1. They (the Jews) had therefore a law, a course of disci…
2. See how much care he takes for them to relieve them from blame, and how much diligence they employed, so as not to leave to themselves so much as a shadow of an excuse. For which was right? To let go the acknowledged criminal, or Him about whose guilt there was a question? For, if in the case of acknowledged offenders it was fit there should be a liberation, much more in tho…
1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer. Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them. Matthew 18:19 The word symphony is strictly applied to the harmonies of sounds in music. And there are indeed among musical sounds some accordant and others discordant. But the Evangelic Scripture is fam…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 7:35 — And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
- 1Sam 21:4 — And 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.
- 1Sam 21:4 — And 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.
- 2Cor 2:11 — Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
- 2Cor 11:27 — In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
- 2Tim 3:3 — Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
- Exod 19:15 — And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
- Exod 19:15 — And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
- Gal 6:1 — Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
- Joel 2:16 — Gather 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.
- Joel 2:16 — Gather 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.
- Matt 6:16 — Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matt 9:15 — And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they
- Zech 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?
- Zech 12:12 — And 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;
- Zech 12:12 — And 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;