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NASB | 1 Corinthians 7:5 Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive each other [of marital rights], except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves [unhindered] to prayer, but come together again so that Satan will not tempt you [to sin] because of your lack of self-control. |
Subject: This is Bible study in real life. |
Bible Note: Thanks to you who responded. All I really wanted was some compassion. I'll stay with her because I vowed to stay. She didn't leave the bed room, I was asked to move to the spare room. And here's the kicker, for those wanting to know if we can talk to the pastor about it. I can talk to him anytime I look in the mirror. It is a secret. The church doesn't know and to bring her before the elders would destroy the church, my ministry and result in divorce. I've gone to a couple of fellow pastors about it and had no help except encouragement to just hang in there. She will not submit to authority and my insistence in her doing so will only destroy so many other people in the process. I just wish I had someone I could grieve with because I know that this is a cross I'm just going to have to bear up under. It's not even the lack of sex that drives me to such depths of despair, since I've learned to live without it for so long. It's the lack of simple touch and warmth and affection that makes me feel so alone. Thanks to everyone for your simple level of compassion. This one really has no good solution except perserverance. MPA |