Then I told her, “You must stay at home with me for many days. You must not be like a prostitute. {\cf2\super [28]} You will not be with another man. And I will be your husband.”
1 Corinthians 7:4 - Easy To Read Version The wife does not have power over her own body. Her husband has the power over her body. And the husband does not have power over his own body. His wife has the power over his body. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body, but the wife. |
Then I told her, “You must stay at home with me for many days. You must not be like a prostitute. {\cf2\super [28]} You will not be with another man. And I will be your husband.”
I tell you that any person that divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [263]} The only reason for a person to divorce and marry again is if his first wife had sexual relations with another man.”
The husband should give his wife all that she should have as his wife. And the wife should give her husband all that he should have as her husband.
Don’t refuse to give your bodies to each other. But you might both agree to stay away \{from sex\} for a time. You might do this so that you can give your time to prayer. Then come together again. This is so that Satan (the Devil) cannot tempt you in your weakness.