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.


In Context

1 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry.

2 But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

4 The 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.

5 Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.

1st 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 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 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.