1 Corinthians 7:5
Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- ἀκρασίαakrasíawant of self-restraint
- σύμφωνοςsýmphōnossounding together (alike), i.e. (figuratively) accordant (neuter as noun, agreement)
- σχολάζωscholázōto take a holiday, i.e. be at leisure for (by implication, devote oneself wholly to); figu
- εἰ μή τιei mḗ tiif not somewhat
- νηστείαnēsteíaabstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially, the fast of the Day
- ἀποστερέωaposteréōto despoil
- συνέρχομαιsynérchomaito convene, depart in company with, associate with, or (specially), cohabit (conjugally)
- προσευχήproseuchḗprayer (worship); by implication, an oratory (chapel)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Exo 19:15, Jol 2:16, Zec 12:12–14, 1Sa 21:4–5, Mat 19:11, Mat 4:10, Zec 7:3, 1Th 3:5