Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:3 - English Majority Text Version Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
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.
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.