1 Corinthians 7:38

So then he that gives her in marriage does well; but he that gives her not in marriage does better.

Updated King James Version

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

37Nevertheless he that stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.

39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1Now concerning the things whereof all of you wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:26I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

1 Corinthians 7:37Nevertheless he that stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does 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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