1 Corinthians 7:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 7:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 7:4 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 7:4 — 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.”
— 1 Corinthians 7:4 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 7:4 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 7:4
“Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:4: own, husband, likewise
“And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:4: hath, power, own
“There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:4: wife, body, husband
“For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? increased: Heb. broken forth since...: Heb. at my foot”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:4: hath, own, also
“Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:4: hath, own, also
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