Cross references
1 Corinthians 7:2
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:2 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ephesians 5:28 (34 votes) and Ephesians 5:33 (16 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 2 to Revelation 2.
Which verses does 1 Corinthians 7:2 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ephesians 5:2834 votes
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- Ephesians 5:3316 votes
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:913 votes
But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
- Proverbs 5:18–1911 votes
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
- Proverbs 18:2211 votes
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 6:1810 votes
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
- Proverbs 19:149 votes
Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- Malachi 2:149 votes
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
- 1 Timothy 4:37 votes
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Which verses point to 1 Corinthians 7:2?
The 10 strongest of 20.