1 Corinthians 7:3
World English Bible (WEB)
Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
In context
1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
4 The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5 Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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1 Corinthians 7:3 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
- KJV King James Version
- Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife to the husband.