Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

The woman

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Bible References

The woman

1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife does not have [sole] authority over her own [physical] body, but the husband [also has his right to it]. And in the same way, the husband also does not have [sole] authority over his own [physical] body, but the wife [i.e., has her right to it, as well].

General references

Mark 10:9
Therefore, those whom God so joins together [in the marriage bond], no person must ever separate."