Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Cistern » Figurative
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Marriage » The duties of a husband
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
Verse Concepts
In the same way you husbands must be considerate in living with your wives, since they are the weaker sex; you must honour them as heirs equally with yourselves of the grace of Life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
Verse Concepts
Husbands, love your wives, do not be harsh to them.
Verse Concepts
Now about the questions in your letter. It is an excellent thing for a man to have no intercourse with a woman; but there is so much immorality that every man had better have a wife of his own and every woman a husband of her own. The husband must give the wife her conjugal dues, and the wife in the same way must give her husband his;