KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Corinthians 7:3–4
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1 Corinthians 7:3
3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
3Let the husband render vnto the wife due beneuolence: and likewise also the wife vnto the husband.
1 Corinthians 7:4
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.
4The wife hath not power of her owne body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his owne body, but the wife.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Corinthians 7:3
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A married man in relation to his wife; also one who manages or cultivates carefully.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To return; to pay back. To give.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Owed, proper, fitting, or appointed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
benevolence
The disposition to do good; good will; kindness; charitableness; the love, of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
In like manner; also or similarly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Corinthians 7:4
Ability, strength, authority, dominion, or the right and capacity to act.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A physical body; a corpse; or an organized whole composed of members, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A married man in relation to his wife; also one who manages or cultivates carefully.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
In like manner; also or similarly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 3
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Open the full verse study7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
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Open the full verse study10If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
From verse 4
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Open the full verse study3And 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.
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Open the full verse study9And 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.
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Open the full verse study11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
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