1 Corinthians 7:39
A wife is bound by law as long a time as her husband lives, but also if the husband should sleep, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in Lord.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
38And therefore he who gives in marriage does well, but he who does not give in marriage does better.
Cross References
Genesis 6:2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair. And they took to them wives of all that they chose.
Malachi 2:11Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holiness of LORD which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
1 Corinthians 7:10And to those who are married, I do not command but the Lord. The wife is not to separate from her husband.
2 Corinthians 6:14Do not become unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what partnership has righteousness and lawlessness? And what fellowship has light with darkness?
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:37-39
Prudential Directions to the Unmarried. ( a. d. 57.) 36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. 38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in… Read the whole commentary →