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Selected Verse: 1 Corinthians 7:4 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
1Co 7:4	Strong Concordance	The wife [1135] hath [1850] not [3756] power [1850] of her own [2398] body [4983], but [235] the husband [435]: and [1161] likewise [3668] also [2532] the husband [435] hath [1850] not [3756] power [1850] of his own [2398] body [4983], but [235] the wife [1135].
	King James	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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
A paradox. She hath not power over her body, and yet it is her own. The oneness of body in which marriage places husband and wife explains this. The one complements the other. Neither without the other realizes the perfect ideal of man.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

A paradox. She hath not power over her body, and yet it is her own. The oneness of body in which marriage places husband and wife explains this. The one complements the other. Neither without the other realizes the perfect ideal of man.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The wife hath not power ... - By the marriage covenant that power, in this respect, is transferred to the husband, And likewise, also, the husband - The equal rights of husband and wife, in the Scriptures, are everywhere maintained. They are to regard themselves as united in most intimate union, and in most tender ties.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The wife hath not power ... - By the marriage covenant that power, in this respect, is transferred to the husband,

And likewise, also, the husband - The equal rights of husband and wife, in the Scriptures, are everywhere maintained. They are to regard themselves as united in most intimate union, and in most tender ties.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The wife - the husband - Let no one forget this, on pretence of greater purity.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

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

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The wife hath not power, etc. - Her person belongs to her husband; her husband's person belongs to her: neither of them has any authority to refuse what the other has a matrimonial right to demand. The woman that would act so is either a knave or a fool. It would be trifling to attribute her conduct to any other cause than weakness or folly. She does not love her husband; or she loves some one else better than her husband; or she makes pretensions to a fancied sanctity unsupported by Scripture or common sense.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The wife hath not power, etc. - Her person belongs to her husband; her husband's person belongs to her: neither of them has any authority to refuse what the other has a matrimonial right to demand. The woman that would act so is either a knave or a fool. It would be trifling to attribute her conduct to any other cause than weakness or folly. She does not love her husband; or she loves some one else better than her husband; or she makes pretensions to a fancied sanctity unsupported by Scripture or common sense.

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