1 Corinthians
King James Version (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.”
King James Version (KJV)
7:4 The wife - the husband - Let no one forget this, on pretence of greater purity.
1Co 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.
The wife hath not power of her owne body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his owne body, but the wife.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband {does;} and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife {does.}
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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 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.
- Basic English Bible
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
The 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.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
- English Revised Version
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.
- World English Bible