1 Corinthians 7:4
4The 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.
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4The 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.
1 Corinthians 7 is Paul’s extended pastoral response to questions the Corinthian church had asked about marriage, singleness, and sexuality. The chapter navigates a tension: the Corinthians lived in a hyper-sexualized culture (Corinth), yet some had swung to the opposite extreme,
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