A moment in scripture
1 Corinthians 7:4
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:3
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
- 1 Corinthians 7:6
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.