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1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife has not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband has not power of his own body, but the wife.

Updated King James Version

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

3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

5Defraud all of you not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that all of you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery: and whoso marries her which is put away does commit 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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