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Let the husband render to the wife her due, and likewise also the wife to the husband.
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A Mutual Marital Duty
Commentators agree that Paul's instruction for spouses to render "her due" is a delicate way of referring to sexual intimacy. This is not merely a suggestion but a mutual obligation or "debt" each spouse owes the other. This command counters ideas that celibacy within marriage is more spiritual, affirming that physical intimacy is a required part of the marital covenant.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let the husband, etc. "Let them not imagine that there is any virtue in living separate from each other, as if they were in a state of cel…
Render the due (την οφειλην αποδιδοτω). Marriage is not simply not wrong, but for many a duty. Both husband and wife have a mutual…
19th Century
Anglican
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence.—Rather, Let the husband render unto the wife her due—as th…
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Having said that it would be good under the present circumstances not to get married, Paul hastens to add that the general rules for marriage shoul…
16th Century
Protestant
The husband to the wife. He now prescribes the rules to be observed in the marriage connection, or he teaches what is the duty of husband …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence , &c.] The Syriac version renders it, (byxtt…
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The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, at that particular time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, a…
13th Century
Catholic
After rebuking the fornicator and those who upheld him, the Apostle now begins to discuss marriage. In this regard, he does three things:
