1 Corinthians 7:4-5 says spouses do not have authority over their own bodies. What the Bible says about withholding intimacy in marriage — and why no excuse holds up before God.
1 Corinthians 7:4-5 says that in marriage the husband and wife each have authority over the other's body, and commands them not to deprive one another.
1 Corinthians 7:4 KJV“Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.”
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1 Corinthians 7:5 KJV“Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.”
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