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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)The apostle comes now, as a faithful and skilful casuist, to answer some cases of conscience which the Corinthians had proposed to him. Those were things whereof they wrote to him , 1 Cor. 7:1. As the lips of ministers should keep knowledge , so the people should ask the law at their mouths . The apostle was as ready to resolve as they were to propose their doubts. In the former chapter, he warns…
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