7:5a Do not deprive each other,

⌊To you married people I say:⌋ Stop refusing to fulfill your duty to one another.
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⌊So now I command you married people⌋ to stop denying your spouse his or her marriage rights.
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Do not say to your spouse, “I will not sleep with you.”

7:5b except by mutual consent and for a time,

The only exception ⌊to normal relations⌋ should be when you have both agreed to stay apart from each other for a little while
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However, it is all right if you decide together that you will not be intimate for a short time
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You may perhaps both agree not to sleep together for a little while

7:5c so you may devote yourselves to prayer.

so that you will be able to use your time for praying.
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so that you can spend your time praying.
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so you will have more/extra time to pray.

7:5d Then come together again,

But after that, you should have normal relations with each other again
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But after that you must begin to live together again as husbands and wives should

7:5e so that Satan will not tempt you

so that Satan will not tempt you ⌊to behave immorally⌋.
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in order to avoid Satan’s temptations ⌊to sin/immorality⌋,

7:5f through your lack of self-control.

For it is hard for you keep control of yourselves.
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since you may not be able to control your own desires/passions.

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