1 Corinthians 7:3
1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
- KJV
- Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
- WEB
- Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
- ASV
- Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
- DARBY
- Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.
- BLB
- Let the husband render the duty to the wife, and likewise also the wife to the husband.
- ÅB
- Mannen gjøre sin skyldighet mot hustruen, og likeså hustruen mot mannen;
- OTB
- Mannen skal oppfylle sine forpliktelser overfor sin kone, og likeledes kona overfor sin mann.
- B1930
- Mannen gjøre sin skyldighet mot hustruen, og likeså hustruen mot mannen;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Read in contextExodus 21:10
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
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