1 Corinthians 7:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

Cross References

Hosea 3:3

And I said to her, You are to be mine for a long space of time; you are not to be false to me, and no other man is to have you for his wife; and so will I be to you.

Matthew 19:9

And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.

1 Corinthians 7:3

Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.