1 Corinthians 7:38

And he then who giveth his virgin doeth well, and he who giveth not his virgin doeth better.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 he who hath firmly decided in his own mind, and nothing constraineth him, and (who hath) power in his will, and thus judgeth in his heart, that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

39The wife, so long as her husband liveth, is bound by the law; but if her husband shall die, she is free, that she may do what she willeth, only in our Lord.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1BUT concerning those (questions) of which you wrote to me, It is well for a man unto a woman not to come nigh;

1 Corinthians 7:26And I consider that this is good, on account of the necessity of the time, that it is expedient for a man so to be.

1 Corinthians 7:37But he who hath firmly decided in his own mind, and nothing constraineth him, and (who hath) power in his will, and thus judgeth in his heart, that he will keep his virgin, 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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