1 Corinthians 7:39

A woman is bound to her husband for as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes to marry, but only in the Lord.

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The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

In Context

38So the one who marries his fiancée does well, and the one who chooses not to marry will do even better.

40Yet in my judgment she would be happier if she lives as she is. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2that the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were attractive. They took for themselves wives, any of them that they chose.

Malachi 2:11Judah has been faithless. A disgusting thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy place of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

1 Corinthians 7:10Now to the married I give this command—not I, but the Lord—the wife should not separate from her husband

2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be tied together with unbelievers. For what association does righteousness have with lawlessness? For what fellowship does light have 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 →

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