If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights (goodwill, kindness, and what is due her as his wife), and likewise the wife to her husband. American Standard Version (1901) Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. Common English Bible The husband should meet his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should do the same for her husband. Catholic Public Domain Version A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let the husband render the debt to his wife, and the wife also in like manner to the husband. |
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.
Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honour unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.