1 Corinthians 7:4 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁴ The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ For the wife does not have [exclusive] authority and control over her own body, but the husband [has his rights]; likewise also the husband does not have [exclusive] authority and control over his body, but the wife [has her rights].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

⁴ The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

1 Corinthians 7:4 Cross References

Matthew 19:9

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”

1 Corinthians 7:3

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive one another, except by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to fasting and prayer and then come together again so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.