1 Corinthians 7:3

Let the husband render the debt to his wife, and the wife also in like manner to the husband.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

In Context

2But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

4The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

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Cross References

1 Peter 3:7Ye husbands, likewise dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honour to the female as to the weaker vessel, and as to the co-heirs of the grace of life: that your prayers be not hindered.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:2-10

Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 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. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except… Read the whole commentary →

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