King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:3 in the King James Version says “Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.” — study this verse from 1 Corinthians chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.”
1 Corinthians 7:3 · KJV
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Nevertheless , to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the 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.
Defraud 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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“due”
G3784to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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