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.


In Context

1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

3 Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

4 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.

5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

6 But this I say by way of permission, not of commandment.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4The 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.

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.