SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 7:3

7:3a The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife,

Each husband should have normal/intimate marriage relations with his wife,
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A wife has the right to expect her husband to have sex with her. That is his duty to her.
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A husband must not refuse to have relations with his wife. It is right/proper for him to make love to her.

7:3b and likewise the wife to her husband.

and each wife should have normal/intimate marriage relations with her husband.
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And in the same way, a husband has the right to expect his wife to have sex with him. That is her duty to him.
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Also, a wife must not refuse to have relations with her husband. It is right/proper for her to make love to him.

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