According to 1 Corinthians 7:5, what should spouses do to avoid temptation?

• A. Defraud not one another and fast forever.
• B. Defraud not one another; for any reason.
• C. Defraud not one another, except to fast and pray.
• D. Defraud not one another, 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 incontinency.

Answer: (D)

The main concept being tested is how married couples balance spiritual disciplines with mutual sexual responsibility to guard against temptation. Spouses should not defraud one another of sexual intimacy. If they choose to fast and pray, it should be with mutual consent for a limited time, and then they should come together again so that Satan won’t tempt them through lack of self-control. This keeps both spiritual focus and marital fidelity intact, recognizing abstinence as a shared, time-bound practice rather than a permanent separation. Other options miss key elements: either deny one another without a limit, omit mutual consent, or suggest perpetual abstinence or lack the instruction to rejoin each other to prevent temptation.