3Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to 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 render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

4 The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife.

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.

1 Corinthians 7:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:3The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:3Let the husband render the debt to his wife, and the wife also in like manner to the husband.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:3Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:3Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:3Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:3Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife to the husband.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:3to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:3Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife to the husband.