1 Corinthians 7:38

So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage doth well. But he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage doth better.

Tyndale New Testament

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

37Neverthelesse he that purposeth surely in his herte havynge none nede: but hath power over his awne will: and hath so decreed in his herte that he will kepe his virgin doth well.

39The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as longe as her husband liveth If her husbande slepe she is at liberte to mary with whom she wyll only in the lorde.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1As concerninge the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me: it is good for a man not to touche a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:26I suppose that it is good for the present necessite. For it is good for a man so to be.

1 Corinthians 7:37Neverthelesse he that purposeth surely in his herte havynge none nede: but hath power over his awne will: and hath so decreed in his herte that he will kepe his virgin doth 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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