1 Corinthians 7:3

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1 Corinthians 7:3 New International Version (NIV)

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

1 Corinthians 7:3 New Living Translation (NLT)

The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs.

1 Corinthians 7:2-6 The Message (MSG)

Certainly—but only within a certain context. It’s good for a man to have a wife, and for a woman to have a husband. Sexual drives are strong, but marriage is strong enough to contain them and provide for a balanced and fulfilling sexual life in a world of sexual disorder. The marriage bed must be a place of mutuality—the husband seeking to satisfy his wife, the wife seeking to satisfy her husband. Marriage is not a place to “stand up for your rights.” Marriage is a decision to serve the other, whether in bed or out. Abstaining from sex is permissible for a period of time if you both agree to it, and if it’s for the purposes of prayer and fasting—but only for such times. Then come back together again. Satan has an ingenious way of tempting us when we least expect it. I’m not, understand, commanding these periods of abstinence—only providing my best counsel if you should choose them.

1 Corinthians 7:3 King James Version (KJV)

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

1 Corinthians 7:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:3 New Century Version (NCV)

The husband should give his wife all that he owes her as his wife. And the wife should give her husband all that she owes him as her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:3 American Standard Version (ASV)

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

1 Corinthians 7:3 New King James Version (NKJV)

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

1 Corinthians 7:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)

The husband must fulfill his [marital] duty to his wife [with good will and kindness], and likewise the wife to her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:3 The Passion Translation (TPT)

A husband has the responsibility of meeting the sexual needs of his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:3 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.