Puzzled about Whether or Not to Have Sex?
Part of 1 Corinthians—Sorting Out a Puzzled Church
November 12, 2023

1 Corinthians 7:1-6

1 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.


Some people are puzzled about whether or not to have .

Some people rarely sexual sin.

Some people think all sex is something to be (v. 1).

God created sex to be to you and your spouse.

is the relationship God designed for sex (vv. 2-4).

Married people must not sex from their spouses (vv. 5-6).

Big Idea: Seek to be a fulfilling sex to your spouse.