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1 Corinthians 7:3
1 Corinthians 7:3 is verse 3 of 1 Corinthians chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
King James Version
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
World English Bible
Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
NU and TR have “what is owed her” instead of “the affection owed her”.
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1 Corinthians 7:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 21:10If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
1 Peter 3:7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.