1 Corinthians 7:3

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

1 Corinthians 7:3 in Other Translations

KJV
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
ESV
3 The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.
NLT
3 The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs.
MSG
3 The marriage bed must be a place of mutuality - the husband seeking to satisfy his wife, the wife seeking to satisfy her husband.
CSB
3 A husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:3 In-Context

1 Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with 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 yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife.
5 Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Ex 21: 10; 1 Peter 3:7
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