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, Vulgate, read simply х ofeileen (G3782)], 'Let due' - i:e., conjugal cohabitation, due by marriage contract (cf. 1 Corinthians 7:4).
Verse 4. A paradox. She hath not power over her body; yet it is her own. The oneness of body in which marriage places husband and wife explains this. One complements the other. Neither without the other realizes the perfect ideal of man.