1 Corinthians 7:38

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; and he that doth not give her in marriage doeth better.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

In Context

37But if any one is settled in his purpose, and is under no necessity, but is free to act as he will, and hath determined in his heart to keep his own virgin daughter [[unmarried]], he doeth well.

39The wife is bound to her husband as long as he liveth; but if her husband die, she is free to marry whom she will, only in the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1Now as to the matters about which ye wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman;

1 Corinthians 7:26I think, then, that it is well, on account of the impending distress, for a man to remain as he is.

1 Corinthians 7:37But if any one is settled in his purpose, and is under no necessity, but is free to act as he will, and hath determined in his heart to keep his own virgin daughter [[unmarried]], he doeth well.

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 →

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