Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 06 — CCEL UTF-8 text — Chapter XII.--Paul an Example to Widows, and to Those Who Do Not Live with Their Wives.
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 6
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Come, now, and let us examine more carefully the very words which are before us, and observe that the apostle did not grant these things unconditionally to all, but first laid down the reason on account of which he was led to this. For, having set forth that "it is good for a man not to touch a woman," [2591] he added immediately, "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife" [2592] --that is, "on account of the fornication which would arise from your being unable to restrain your voluptuousness"--"and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render…
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