1 Corinthians 7:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Husbands and wives should satisfy each other's sexual needs.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

BBE:

Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

Let a man pay his wife her due, and let a woman also pay her husband his.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

1 Corinthians 7:3 Cross References

XREF:

1 Corinthians 7:2 But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:3 {2} Let the husband render unto the wife {c} due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
(2) Secondly, he shows that the parties married must with singular affection entirely love one another.
(c) The word due contains all types of benevolence, though he speaks more of one sort than of the other, in that which follows.

PNT:

7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife, etc. Marriage is a state of mutual obligations. Each must yield to the other what those obligations require.

WES:

7:3 Let not married persons fancy that there is any perfection in living with each other, as if they were unmarried. The debt - This ancient reading seems far more natural than the common one.

MHC:

7:1-9 The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, in that juncture of time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, and the comforts of that state, are settled by Divine wisdom. Though none may break the law of God, yet that perfect rule leaves men at liberty to serve him in the way most suited to their powers and circumstances, of which others often are very unfit judges. All must determine for themselves, seeking counsel from God how they ought to act.

CONC:

Affection Benevolence Conjugal Due Duty Fulfill Husband Likewise Manner Marital Owed Pay Render Rights Wife

Affection Benevolence Conjugal Due Duty Fulfill Husband Likewise Manner Marital Owed Pay Render Right Rights Wife

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