1 Corinthians 7:4
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
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.
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.
6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
1 Corinthians 7:4 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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 Young's Literal Translation
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.