4The 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.


In Context

1 But concerning the things of which ye have written to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman;

2 but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each woman have her own husband.

3 Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.

4 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.

5 Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

6 But this I say, as consenting to, not as commanding it.

1 Corinthians 7:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:4The 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:4The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:4The 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:4The 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:4The 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4The 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4the 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:4The wife has not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband has not power of his own body, but the wife.