The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife’s body does not belong to herself alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband’s body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife (1 Corinthians 7:3-4). 

Well, this verse is pretty clear, isn’t it?

Beloved, our society makes a big deal of our rights.

It is rather quiet when it comes to our duties.

If you are married, you have a duty to your spouse. I hope it is a duty that you perform joyfully and with great delight. 

But it is a duty, nonetheless.

Remember a few verses ago, when Paul said that “you are not your own; you have been bought with a price. Therefore honor God with your body”?

This is one of the ways to do that.

You know how, in Ephesians, Paul tells husbands and wives to submit to one another?

This would be one way we do that.

There is, of course, the caveat that no one should ever feel forced or pressured into physical intimacy. 

But if you do, perhaps there are other issues in your marriage that you need to address.

Go forth, Beloved, and…honor God.

Happy Tuesday