1 Corinthians 7:4 Parallel Translations

A wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but his wife does.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

WEY:

A married woman is not mistress of her own person: her husband has certain rights. In the same way a married man is not master of his own person: his wife has certain rights.

WBS:

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:

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.

YLT:

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.

1 Corinthians 7:4 Cross References

XREF:

1 Corinthians 7:3 The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:5 Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:4 {3} 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.
(3) Thirdly, he warns them, that they are in each other's power, with regard to the body, so that they may not defraud one another.

PNT:

7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, etc. Each sex here is put on exactly the same footing. The body of each belongs to the other, and cannot be yielded to other parties. The spirit of the passage not only forbids adultery, but polygamy.

WES:

7:4 The wife - the husband - Let no one forget this, on pretence of greater purity.

MHC:

7:1-9 The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, in that juncture of time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, and the comforts of that state, are settled by Divine wisdom. Though none may break the law of God, yet that perfect rule leaves men at liberty to serve him in the way most suited to their powers and circumstances, of which others often are very unfit judges. All must determine for themselves, seeking counsel from God how they ought to act.

CONC:

Alone Authority Belong Body Doesn't Husband Husband's Likewise Manner Married Master Mistress Power Rights Rule Wife

Alone Authority Belong Body Husband Husband's Likewise Manner Married Master Mistress Power Rights Rule Way Wife Wife's

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