1 Corinthians 7:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The wife{G1135} hath{G1850} not{G3756} power{G1850} over her own{G2398} body,{G4983} but{G235} the husband:{G435} and{G1161} likewise{G3668} also{G2532} the husband{G435} hath{G1850} not{G3756} power{G1850} over his own{G2398} body,{G4983} but{G235} the wife.{G1135}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The wife{G1135} hath{G1850} not{G3756} power{G1850}{(G5719)} of her own{G2398} body{G4983}, but{G235} the husband{G435}: and{G1161} likewise{G3668} also{G2532} the husband{G435} hath{G1850} not{G3756} power{G1850}{(G5719)} of his own{G2398} body{G4983}, but{G235} the wife{G1135}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    The wyfe hath not power over her awne body: but the husbande. And lykewyse the man hath not power over his awne body: but the wyfe.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The wife hath not power ouer hir awne body, but the hussbande: & likewyse the man hath not power ouer his awne body, but the wife.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie, but ye husband: & likewise also the husband hath not ye power of his own body, but the wife.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The wyfe hath not the power of her owne body, but the husbande: And likewyse also the husbande hath not the power of his owne body, but the wife.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The 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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The 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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

Referenced Verses

  • Hos 3:3 : 3 And I said to her, You shall stay for me many days; you shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be for another man: so will I also be for you.
  • Matt 19:9 : 9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.
  • Mark 10:11-12 : 11 And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.

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    1 Now concerning the things you wrote to me about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2 Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

    3 Let the husband give to the wife her due affection, and likewise also the wife to the husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:5-6
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    5 Do not deprive one another, except with consent for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

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  • 1 Cor 7:16
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    16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

  • Eph 5:28-29
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    1 Do you not know, brothers, (for I speak to those who know the law,) that the law has dominion over a person as long as he lives?

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    3 So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she will be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she is married to another man.

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    13 And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, and he is willing to live with her, let her not leave him.

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  • 1 Cor 7:39-40
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    39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

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    22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

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    27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

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    29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short; so that from now on, even those who have wives should be as though they had none,

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    24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  • 1 Cor 11:3
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    3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

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    18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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    13 Food for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

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    37 Nevertheless, he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.