1 Corinthians 7:4

It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband.

5So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:9And I say to you, that whoever will have separated from his wife, except because of fornication, and who will have married another, commits adultery, and whoever will have married her who has been separated, 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 →

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