1 Corinthians 7:3 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³ Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ 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)

³ Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Common English Bible

³ The husband should meet his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should do the same for her husband.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:3 Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:2

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let each [man] have his own wife, and let each [woman] have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband [does]. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife [does].

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, likewise, live together according to knowledge as with a weaker vessel, with the wife, showing her honor as also a fellow heir of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.