Catholic Public Domain Version
"It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body. "
— 1 Corinthians 7:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife. ”
“The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife.”
“It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.”
“The 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.”
“The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.”
“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.”
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband.
It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body.
So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.
But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.
For I would prefer it if you were all like myself. But each person has his proper gift from God: one in this way, yet another in that way.