1 Corinthians 7:4

The Text-Critical English New Testament

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.

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.