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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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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 7:3
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 7:3
Render the due (την οφειλην αποδιδοτω). Marriage is not simply not wrong, but for many a duty. Both husband and wife have a mutual…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 7:3
19th Century
Bishop
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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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 7:3
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…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 7:3
16th Century
Theologian
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 …
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 7:3
17th Century
Pastor
Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence ,
&c.] The Syriac version renders it, (byxtt…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 7:1–9
17th Century
Minister
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…