1 Corinthians 7:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ Let the husband render to his wife what is her due, 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

Exodus 21:10

“If he takes another wife, her food, her covering, and her marriage rights are not to be diminished.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of whoring, let each one 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

In the same way, husbands, live understandingly together, giving respect to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the favour of life, so that your prayers are not hindered.