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

Other Translations of 1 Corinthians 7:3

New International Version

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

English Standard Version

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

The Message

3 The marriage bed must be a place of mutuality - the husband seeking to satisfy his wife, the wife seeking to satisfy her husband.

New King James Version

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

New Living Translation

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

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Corinthians 7:3

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 7:1-9

(Read 1 Corinthians 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.