◄ 1 Corinthians 7:38 ►
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Good News Translation
So the man who marries does well, but the one who doesn't marry does even better.

New Revised Standard Version
So then, he who marries his fiancÉe does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better.

Contemporary English Version
It is perfectly all right to marry, but it is better not to get married at all.

New American Bible
So then, the one who marries his virgin does well; the one who does not marry her will do better.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore both he that giveth his virgin in marriage doth well: and he that giveth her not doth better.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore both he that giveth his virgin in marriage doth well: and he that giveth her not doth better.

then.

1 Corinthians 7:28 But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless, such shall have tribulation of the flesh. But I spare you.

doeth well.

1 Corinthians 7:2 But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife: and let every woman have her own husband.

Hebrews 13:4 Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

doeth better.

1 Corinthians 7:1,8,26,32-34,37 Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. . . .

Context
The Unmarried and Widowed
…37For he that hath determined, being steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but having power of his own will: and hath judged this in his heart, to keep his virgin, doth well. 38Therefore both he that giveth his virgin in marriage doth well: and he that giveth her not doth better. 39A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if her husband die, she is at liberty. Let her marry to whom she will: only in the Lord.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:32
But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:37
For he that hath determined, being steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but having power of his own will: and hath judged this in his heart, to keep his virgin, doth well.

1 Corinthians 7:39
A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if her husband die, she is at liberty. Let her marry to whom she will: only in the Lord.

Hebrews 13:4
Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

1 Corinthians 7:37
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