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Old 12-08-2020, 09:41 PM
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1 Corinthians 7:5 - Satan and Lack of Self-Control

1 Corinthians 7:5 (ESV),

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5 Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
The injunction against deprivation is clear. Even spouses agreeing to restrain from conjugal experiences for a short time in order to be more religiously devout--as a type of fasting, perhaps--makes sense (at least to me).

What doesn't make sense to me is, what role or place does Satan play or have in all of this? What's the temptation here? And what about self-control or, rather, a lack thereof, among the Corinthians, is Paul worried about?
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