1 Corinthians 7:3
And let the man render to his wife the kindness which is due; and so also the woman to her husband.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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, on account of whoredom, let each have his own wife and let a woman have her own husband.
Cross References
1 Peter 3:7And ye husbands, likewise, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, and hold them in honor, as the feebler vessels; because they also will inherit with you the gift of eternal life: and let not your prayers 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 →