[fabian]

” for those with wives, live as though you had none”...in context he is imploring the people to overcome their sensuality. Read the whole thing with an open mind. Sex is way too big of a thing to us and is so addicting.

[RobRoy]

” for those with wives, live as though you had none”...

What are you quoting? I’m not seeing it in 1 Cor 7.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

So how do you reconcile that with:

for those with wives, live as though you had none

Well, you do have to read it in context:

Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for you to remain as you are. Are you married? Do not seek a divorce. Are you unmarried? Do not look for a wife. But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this. What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

So if you say "those who have wives should live as they had none", you should also say "those who are happy (should live) as if they were not".

Context.

In versus 1 through 9 he is giving commands to married people answering questions that the Corinthians had written to him about.

In versus 25 to 35 he is giving his opinion on what would cause the least grief to those living through that particular time of persecution in Corinth.

Context.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

So how do you reconcile that with:

for those with wives, live as though you had none

Well, you do have to read it in context:

Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for you to remain as you are. Are you married? Do not seek a divorce. Are you unmarried? Do not look for a wife. But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this. What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

So if you say "those who have wives should live as they had none", you should also say "those who are happy (should live) as if they were not".

Context.

In versus 1 through 9 he is giving commands to married people answering questions that the Corinthians had written to him about.

In versus 25 to 35 he is giving his opinion on what would cause the least grief to those living through that particular time of persecution in Corinth.

Context.