Catholic Public Domain Version
"A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband. "
— 1 Corinthians 7:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.”
“Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. ”
“Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.”
“A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.”
“Let the husband render the debt to his wife: and the wife also in like manner to the husband.”
“Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.”
“Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.”
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband.
It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body.
So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.
But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.