1 Corinthians 7:1–9: Courtship, Desire, and Marriage
Paul treats sexual intimacy as belonging inside marriage, where each spouse owes the other affection, and he honors singleness as a gift without making it a rule. The passage gives a framework for courtship rather than a set of dating rules.
Genesis 2:18–24: What the text says about marriage
Genesis 2:18–24 is about God providing a companion and the shape of marriage, not a prescribed method of courtship. Readers looking here for steps or timelines are asking the passage to do something it does not do.
Genesis 2:18–24: Courtship and God's Gift
Genesis 2:18–24 does not hand us a courtship procedure. It shows God Himself providing a companion and setting marriage's shape, which tells us where courtship belongs and what it aims at.