1 Corinthians 7:4

The woman is not the sovereign over her body, but her husband: so also the man is not the sovereign over his body, but the wife.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

3And let the man render to his wife the kindness which is due; and so also the woman to her husband.

5Therefore, deprive not one another, except when ye both consent, at the time ye devote yourselves to fasting and prayer; and return again to the same disposition, that Satan tempt you not because of the concupiscence of your body.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:9And I say to you, That whoever leaveth his wife not being an adulteress, and taketh another, committeth adultery. And whoever taketh her that is divorced, committeth 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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