If he takes an additional wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of the first wife.
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A husband should fulfil his marital duty to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 takes an additional wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of the first wife.
But because sexual immorality is so common, , each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman should have sexual relations with her own husband.
A wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife does.
Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker partner, showing them honour as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.