I Corinthians 7:4
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 I Corinthians 7:4 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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 (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
It is not the wife, but the husband, who exercises power over her body; and so, too, it is not the husband, but the wife, who exercises power over his body.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Das Weib hat nicht Macht über ihren eigenen Leib, sondern der Mann; gleicherweise aber hat auch der Mann nicht Macht über seinen eigenen Leib, sondern das Weib.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
La mujer no tiene potestad de su propio cuerpo, sino el marido: é igualmente tampoco el marido tiene potestad de su propio cuerpo, sino la mujer.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
A mulher não tem poder sobre seu próprio corpo, mas sim o marido; e também da mesma maneira o marido não tem poder sobre seu próprio corpo, mas sim a mulher.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Não é a esposa que tem autoridade sobre seu próprio corpo, e sim, o marido. Da mesma forma, não é o marido que tem autoridade sobre seu próprio corpo, mas a esposa.
📖 I Corinthians 7:4 in Context
2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
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.
5Defraud 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.
6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
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