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1 Corinthians 7:3
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Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
About 1 Corinthians 7:3
1 Corinthians 7:3 is one of the Bible's foundational texts on Fidelity in the Bible, The Role of the Husband in the Bible, and Marriage in the Bible. Found in the epistle of 1 Corinthians, this New Testament passage has guided believers through every season of life.
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- Proverbs 5:18
“Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.”
- Malachi 2:15
“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.”
- Hebrews 13:4
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
- Matthew 19:6
“Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
- Proverbs 20:6
“Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?”
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Meditate on 1 Corinthians 7:3 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of Fidelity in the Bible applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.