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.
Ver. 4. The wife hath no power, &c.] The husband's body is servant to the wife, and the wife's to the husband: they have passed themselves one to another by mutual covenant, and God keeps the bonds, Proverbs 2:17; Malachi 2:14 .