Sinai1 Corinthians 7:4
American Standard Version
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.
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1 Corinthians 7:4 in other translations
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.
1 Corinthians 7:4 in context
- 2But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
- 3Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
- 4The 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.
- 5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.
- 6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.