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1 Corinthians 7:4

WEB

4The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

KJV

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.

BSB

4The 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.

FBV

4The wife's body doesn't just belong to her, but her husband; and similarly the husband's body doesn't just belong to him but his wife.

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Extra References

Matthew 19:9

9I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

Hosea 3:3

3I said to her, “You shall stay with me many days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man. I will also be so toward you.”

Mark 10:11-12

11He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12If a woman herself divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”