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1 Corinthians 7:2-4 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verses 2–4 · King James Version
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.1 Corinthians 7:2-4 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:2-4 in context
1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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.
Cross references
- Ephesians 5:28
- Ephesians 5:33
- 1 Corinthians 7:9
- Proverbs 18:22
- Proverbs 5:18-19
- 1 Corinthians 6:18
- 1 Peter 3:7
Key words (Strong's)
- Neverthelessdiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- Neverthelessdebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
- fornicationporneiaillicit sexual intercourse, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse…G4202 →
- benevolenceeunoiagood will, kindnessG2133 →
- likewisehomoiōslikewise, equally, in the same wayG3668 →
- husbandanērwith reference to sex, of a male, of a husband, of a betrothed or future husband, with…G435 →
- renderapodidōmito deliver, to give away for one s own profit what is one s own, to sell, to pay off…G591 →
- womanhekastoseach, everyG1538 →
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