1 Corinthians 7:4
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.
1 Corinthians 7:4 in other translations
| BSB | The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife. |
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| WEB | The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife. |
| DARBY | The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not authority over his own body, but the wife. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 1 Corinthians 7:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 7:3-4
3-4. The duty of cohabitation on the part of the married. due benevolence--The oldest manuscripts read simply, "her due"; that is, the conjugal cohabitation due by the marriage contract (compare 1Co 7:4).
Barnes' Notes
And likewise also the husband. The equal rights of husband and wife, in the Scriptures, are everywhere maintained. They are to regard themselves as united in the most intimate union, and in the most tender ties.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Corinthians 7:1-9
Chapter Outline The apostle answers several questions about marriage. (1-9) Married Christians should not seek to part from their unbelieving consorts. (10-16) Persons, in any fixed station, should usually abide in that. (17-24) It was most desirable, on account of the then perilous days, for people to sit loose to this world. (25-35) Great prudence be used in marriage; it should be only in the Lord. (36-40) Verses…
1 Corinthians 7:4 in the original Greek
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Cross references for 1 Corinthians 7:4
- Matthew 19:9
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
- Hosea 3:3
And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.
- Mark 10:11-12
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
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Context
- 1 Corinthians 7:3
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:4
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.
- 1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
1 Corinthians 7:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La mujer no tiene potestad de su propio cuerpo, sino el marido: é igualmente tampoco el marido tiene potestad de su propio cuerpo, sino la mujer. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La femme ne dispose pas de son propre corps, mais le mari; et pareillement aussi le mari ne dispose pas de son propre corps, mais la femme. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Das Weib hat nicht Macht über ihren eigenen Leib, sondern der Mann; gleicherweise aber hat auch der Mann nicht Macht über seinen eigenen Leib, sondern das Weib. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Mulier sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed vir. Similiter autem et vir sui corporis potestatem non habet, sed mulier. |