1 Corinthians 7:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise 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 Peter 3:7

Likewise you husbands, live considerately with your wives, bestowing honor on the woman as the weaker sex, since you are joint heirs of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.

Exodus 21:10

If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:4

For the wife does not rule over her own body, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not rule over his own body, but the wife does.