Then I said to her: “For many days you must stay with me. You must not practice prostitution. You must not have a man, and I will be the same toward you.”
1 Corinthians 7:4 - Tree of Life Version The wife does not have the rights to her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband does not have the rights to his own body, but the wife. 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 said to her: “For many days you must stay with me. You must not practice prostitution. You must not have a man, and I will be the same toward you.”
Now I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
Let the husband fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
Do not deprive one another—except by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.