1 Corinthians 7:39
It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
38So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.
Cross References
Genesis 6:2The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.
Malachi 2:11Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord which is dear to him, and has taken as his wife the daughter of a strange god.
1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband
2 Corinthians 6:14Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?
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 →