1 Corinthians 7:3 · KJV
“Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.”
— 1 Corinthians 7:3
Nevertheless, {to avoid} fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
1 Corinthians 7 — Context
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: {It is} good for a man not to touch a woman.
2Nevertheless, {to avoid} fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5Defraud ye not one the other, except {it be} with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Cross References
1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with {them} according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Exodus 21:10
If he take him another {wife}; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.