哥林多前書7:1-7

7:1 論到你們信上所提的事，我說男不近女倒好。
7:2 但要免淫亂的事，男子當各有自己的妻子；女子也當各有自己的丈夫。
7:3 丈夫當用合宜之分待妻子；妻子待丈夫也要如此。
7:4 妻子沒有權柄主張自己的身子，乃在丈夫；丈夫也沒有權柄主張自己的身子，乃在妻子。
7:5 夫妻不可彼此虧負，除非兩相情願，暫時分房，為要專心禱告方可；以後仍要同房，免得撒但趁著你們情不自禁，引誘你們。
7:6 我說這話，原是准你們的，不是命你們的。
7:7 我願意眾人像我一樣；只是各人領受上帝的恩賜，一個是這樣，一個是那樣。

Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” ² But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. ³ The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. ⁴ The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. ⁵ Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ⁶ I say this as a concession, not as a command. ⁷ I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

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    在希臘人認為「性」是屬於肉體的事，所以是不潔的，不應該鼓勵的事情。在華人的傳統觀念，也是認為這是屬於動物性的需求，是下等的，不可以登大雅之堂。然而保羅卻是勇敢的討論這事，他的目的就是要信徒遠離「淫亂」！

    「淫亂」的意思不是好色，喜歡做愛，而是不正當的性行為。所謂不當的性行為，就是婚姻之外的性行為。婚姻內的性行為，就是正常的性行為，是不應該禁止，而且要鼓勵。所以他敢勇敢的說：「但要免淫亂的事，男子當各有自己的妻子；女子也當各有自己的丈夫。」「夫妻不可彼此虧負，除非兩相情願，暫時分房，為要專心禱告方可；以後仍要同房，免得撒但趁著你們情不自禁，引誘你們。」

 

    這是基督徒很重要的原則，所以我們可以看到宣教師是夫婦在一起，已婚的絕對不會只有一人來宣教，再怎樣是夫妻一起來，甚至整個家庭，包括兒女們，這是一個非常重要的原則。