1 Corinthians 7:3

Let the husband give his wife her due, and likewise the wife her husband. The wife is not mistress of her own person,

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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 because there is so much immorality let each man have his own wife; and let each women have her own husband.

4but her husband is; and in the same way the husband is not master of his own person, but his wife is.

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Cross References

1 Peter 3:7In the same way you husbands live with your wives, according to knowledge, honoring your wife as of the weaker sex, yet as an heir with yourself of the grace of life; so that your prayers may not be 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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