“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?”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 3.33.41-46
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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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2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
— 1 Corinthians 7:4 —
5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.