1 Corinthians 7:2

King James Version (KJV)

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Translations

1 Corinthians 7:2 - Amplified Bible

But because of the temptation to impurity {and} to avoid immorality, let each [man] have his own wife and let each [woman] have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:2 - American Standard Version

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:2 - Bible in Basic English

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:2 - Darby Bible

but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each [woman] have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:2 - English Standard Version

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:2 - King James Version

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:2 - La Biblia de las Americas

No obstante, por razòn de las inmoralidades, que cada uno tenga su propia mujer, y cada una tenga su propio marido.

1 Corinthians 7:2 - The Message

Certainly—but only within a certain context. It’s good for a man to have a wife, and for a woman to have a husband. Sexual drives are strong, but marriage is strong enough to contain them and provide for a balanced and fulfilling sexual life in a world of sexual disorder. The marriage bed must be a place of mutuality—the husband seeking to satisfy his wife, the wife seeking to satisfy her husband. Marriage is not a place to "stand up for your rights." Marriage is a decision to serve the other, whether in bed or out. Abstaining from sex is permissible for a period of time if you both agree to it, and if it’s for the purposes of prayer and fasting—but only for such times. Then come back together again. Satan has an ingenious way of tempting us when we least expect it. I’m not, understand, commanding these periods of abstinence—only providing my best counsel if you should choose them.

1 Corinthians 7:2 - New American Standard Bible

But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:2 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

No obstante, por razòn de las inmoralidades, que cada uno tenga su propia mujer, y cada una tenga su propio marido.

1 Corinthians 7:2 - World English Bible

But, because of sexual sins, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:2 - Young's Living Translation

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

1 Corinthians 7:2 - Additional Comments

While Paul suggests (vs 1) that remaining single has its advantages, there is nothing wrong with getting married, especially to help the individual avoid sexual immorality.
This implies that marriage is to take care of sexual needs - one of the purposes of marriage is for sex, so the individuals don't seek sex outside of marriage. If the sex in a marriage is not healthy, the marriage is not healthy. The husband should try to meet the needs of the wife sexually, and the wife should try to meet the needs of the husband sexually (vs 3).

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