1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife has not power over her own body, but the husband; likewise, also, the husband has not power over his own body, but the wife.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3Let the husband render to the wife that which is due, and likewise, also, the wife to the husband.
Cross References
Matthew 19:9But I say to you, That whoever puts away his wife, unless for lewdness, and marries another, commits adultery; and he that marries her that is put away, commits adultery.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:2-10
Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 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. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except… Read the whole commentary →