ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 7 v4

THE WIFE DOES NOT RULE OVER HER OWN BODY, NOR THE HUSBAND HIS. ORIGEN: If this is so, a man should be able to refrain from exercising his authority [to receive his spouse’s body]. And isn’t a woman capable of doing likewise? COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 3.33.41-46.

EQUALITY IN CHASTITY. CHRYSOSTOM: The wife does not have power over her own body but is both the servant and the mistress of the husband. If you reject this, you have offended God. But if you want to withdraw yourself sexually, it should only be with your husband’s permission, and then only for a short time. In other parts of Scripture the husband is given certain prerogatives in marriage, but not here. Where chastity is concerned, husband and wife have equal rights. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 19.1.

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