Bible verse

1 Corinthians 7:3

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:3 · BSB

1 Corinthians 7:3 in context

The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 7.

1 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

2 But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.

7 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

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1 Corinthians 7:3 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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