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1 Corinthians 7:3

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

KJV

τῇ γυναικὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀφειλὴν ἀποδιδότω, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ τῷ ἀνδρί.

Greek NT

Uxori vir debitum reddat : similiter autem et uxor viro.

Vulgate

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

ASV

Let the husband render the debt to his wife: and the wife also in like manner to the husband.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἀποδίδωμι
apodidomi
verb · 48×
ὀφειλή
opheile
noun · 3×
o
article · 19778×
ὁμοίως
omoios
adverb · 31×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ὀφειλὴν | WH/Treg/NIV: ὀφειλὴν | RP: ὀφειλομένην εὔνοιαν
  • ὀφειλὴνSBLGNT
  • ὀφειλὴνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὀφειλομένην εὔνοιανRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 3:7 — Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hinder
  • 1Pet 3:7 — Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hinder
  • Exod 21:10 — If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.