1 Corinthians 7:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let the husband ... - “Let them not imagine that there is any virtue in bring separate from each other, as if they were in a state of celibacy” - “Doddridge.” They are bound to each other; in eve...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) Let the husband render unto the wife (c) due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. (2) Secondly, he shows that the parties married must with singular affection entirely love...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7. Problems as to Marriage, Celibacy, and Divorce. At this point Paul takes up a letter sent by the Corinthian church inviting his judgment on various questions, apparently indicating...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

benevolence . Greek. eunoia. Only here and Ephesians 6:7 . but instead of "due benevolence", all the texts read "the debt", Greek. opheile, which Occurs elsewhere only in Matthew 18:32 . Roman...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. 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 and wife. And in the first place he lays down a g...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence - Την οφειλομενην ευνοιαν· Though our version i...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Due benevolence— What is due. Wells. Benevolence here signifies that complacency and compliance which every married couple ought to have for each other, with respect to their mutual satisfactio...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. Duty of cohabitation between the married. Due benevolence. 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g,...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(a) Answer to Questions about Marriage The Corinthians had in their letter ( 1 Corinthians 7:1 ) asked St. Paul's opinion on several points connectedwithmarriage. His language in reply is guarde...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence. — Rather, Let the husband render unto the wife her due — such being the reading of the better MSS. In this verse the Apostle answers the scru...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 11 MARRIAGE THERE are two preliminary considerations which throw some light on this much-contested passage. First, Paul had to speak about marriage as he found it, as it existed among tho...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Marriage Bonds 1 Corinthians 7:1-14 The Apostle first addresses the unmarried, 1 Corinthians 7:1 , etc . He speaks elsewhere reverently of marriage, Ephesians 5:23 . Forbidding to marry is i...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Certain difficulties had arisen in the Corinthian Church concerning which they had sent inquiries to Paul. He now answers their questions. These answers contain principles of permanent application....
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. (2) Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have he...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence ,.... The Syriac version renders it, חובא דמתתחיב, "due love"; and so the Arabic; and may include all the offices of love, tenderness, humanity,...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. Ver. 3. Let the husband, &c. ] Let them be chaste between themselves, and beware both of exc...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let the husband Where this relation is commenced; render unto the wife , Την οφειλομενην ευνοιαν, the due benevolence That is, the conjugal duty, the duty resulting from the nature of the marria...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Those things in Chapter s 5 and 6, which were of such serious importance as demanding correction, had evidently not even been questions in the minds of the Corinthians. But Paul was required to raise...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Against Fornication. A. D. 57. 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is g...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The word translated due benevolence, signifieth due goodwill or kindness, but from 1 Corinthians 7:5 , it appeareth what the apostle meaneth: Moses, Exodus 21:10 , calleth it, the duty of m...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Let the husband render to the wife her due, and likewise also the wife to the husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. And likewise the husband also does not hav...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES A. 1. Observe: With this chapter commences a new section of the Epistle; the topics, and perhaps their order, suggested by a letter of formal inquiry brought from Corinth: vii....
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It is evident from the tenor of this chapter that the Corinthians had written to the apostle for advice on the subject of marriage and its obligations, and that he is here resolving their various dif...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Marriage I. Is not necessary for all ( 1 Corinthians 7:1 ). 1. Instituted by God, sanctified by C...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 7:1-46 Answers to the inquiries of the Corinthians respecting marriage. 1 Corinthians 7:1-46 The lawfulness of marriage, and its duties. 1 Corinthian...
1 Corinthians 7:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Instructions with Regard to Marriage. The propriety and the duty of marriage:
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 3:7 ; Exodus 21:10
1 Corinthians 7:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let not married persons fancy that there is any perfection in living with each other, as if they were unmarried. The debt — This ancient reading seems far more natural than the common one.

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 7:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 7:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 7:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes