> I will start with the below paragraph to help
> you understand where I am coming from:

> "I am going to try an experiment to see if I can help
>   this subject get back on track so it can be brought
>   to a sane and sensible conclusion so we can all
>   once again get back to business as usual. I'm go-
>   ing to print a message which will give all concerned
>   a chance see what it is they are arguing about and
>   try to make moves to bring everybody back on to
>   the same page!"

>  From the KJV,

> I Cor 7:1-9
>   1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is
>      good for a man not to touch a woman.
>   2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his
>      own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
>   3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and
>      likewise also the wife unto the husband.
>   4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband:
>      and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body
>      but the wife.
>   5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a
>      time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and
>      come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incon-
>      tinency.
>   6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
>   7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man
>      hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another
>      after that.
>   8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for
>      them if they abide even as I.
>   9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to
>      marry than to burn.
> The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

> Now once again the same Scripture but from The Nasb.
> If you dont like this translation use another and replace
> these verses with your own translation!

> 1 Cor 7:1-9
>   1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good
>      for a man not to touch a woman.
>   2 But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife
>      and each woman is to have her own husband.
>   3 The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also
>      the wife to her husband.
>   4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the
>      husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have
>      authority over his own body, but the wife does.
>   5 Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time,
>      so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come to-
>      gether again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your
>      lack of self-control.
>   6 But this I say by way of concession, not of command.
>   7 Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am However,
>      each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and
>      another in that.
>   8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for
>      them if they remain even as I.
>   9 But if they do not have self-control, (I)let them marry; for it
>      is better to marry than to burn with passion.

> My challenge if you choose to partake in in it
> is for all who will to study these verses and see
> if you understand what they are saying, and also
> see if you can pick out where and why the subject
> grew into a flame war!

> Now I realize there have been al lot of insults, charges
> and whatever bandied about, but it seems to me that
> if enough take the time to study these verses this war
> will end and die out to just a memory- an ugly memory
> at that.

> My comment on these Verses is that both translations
> say the same thing.