1 Corinthians 7:4
“The wife hath not power of her owne body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his owne body, but the wife.”
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1 Corinthians 7:4 Context
2Neuerthelesse, to auoid fornication, let euery man haue his owne wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband. 3Let the husband render vnto the wife due beneuolence: and likewise also the wife vnto the husband. 4The wife hath not power of her owne body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his owne body, but the wife. 5Defraud you not one the other, except it bee with consent for a time, that yee may giue your selues to fasting and prayer, and come together againe, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie. 6But I speake this by permission, and not of commandement.
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
- King James Version
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband {does;} and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife {does.}
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.
- Basic English Bible
The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not authority over his own body, but the wife.
- Darby Bible
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
- Webster's Bible
A married woman is not mistress of her own person: her husband has certain rights. In the same way a married man is not master of his own person: his wife has certain rights.
- Weymouth Bible
The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife.
- World English Bible
The womman hath not power of hir bodi, but the hosebonde; and the hosebonde hath not power of his bodi, but the womman.
- Wycliffe Bible
the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 7:4
7:4 The wife - the husband - Let no one forget this, on pretence of greater purity.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 7:4
1Co 7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, etc. Each sex here is put on exactly the same footing. The body of each belongs to the other, and cannot be yielded to other parties. The spirit of the passage not only forbids adultery, but polygamy.