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- Now - Paul is introducing a new topic in his teaching.
- the things about which you wrote me - The Corinthians had written a letter to Paul to ask for answers to certain questions.
- for a man - in this usage, male spouse or husband
- it is good - AT: "it is right and acceptable"
- there are times when it is good for a man not to sleep with his wife - AM: "it is good for a man to have no sexual relations at all".
- But because of temptations for many immoral acts - AT: "But because people experience temptation to commit sexual sin."
- each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband - To clarify this for polygamous cultures, "each man should have one wife, and each woman should have one husband."