1 Corinthians 7:39

The 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.

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

In The King James Version

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

38And he then who giveth his virgin doeth well, and he who giveth not his virgin doeth better.

40But it is good if thus she remain, according to my own mind. But I think also that the Spirit of Aloha is in me.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:10But those who have wives I command, yet not I, but my Lord, that the wife from her husband separate not.

2 Corinthians 6:14And be not sons of the yoke with them who believe not. For what participation hath righteousness with iniquity? Or what commixture hath the light 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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