1 Corinthians 7:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 7:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 7:3 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
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 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 7:3 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 7:3
“And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. brother's: or, next kinsman's”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:3: let, husband, wife
“Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. what...: Heb. what is in his mouth”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:3: let, likewise, also
“Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:3: let, husband, wife
“And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. residue: or, excellency godly...: Heb. seed of God treacherously: or, unfaithfully”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:3: let, wife, due
“They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:3: let, husband, render
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