1 Corinthians 7:36 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

If any man thinks he is acting improperly towards the virgin he is engaged to, if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage, and he feels he should marry #– #he can do what he wants. He is not sinning; they can get married.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But if any man thinks that he is not acting properly toward and in regard to his virgin [that he is preparing disgrace for her or incurring reproach], in case she is passing the bloom of her youth and if there is need for it, let him do what to him seems right; he does not sin; let them marry.

American Standard Version (1901)

But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin daughter, if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

Common English Bible

If someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward an unmarried woman whom he knows, and if he has strong feelings and it seems like the right thing to do, he should do what he wants—he’s not sinning—they should get married.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But if any man considers himself to seem dishonorable, concerning a virgin who is of adult age, and so it ought to be, he may do as he wills. If he marries her, he does not sin.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But if any man think that he seemeth dishonoured, with regard to his virgin, for that she is above the age, and it must so be: let him do what he will; he sinneth not, if she marry.

1 Corinthians 7:36 Cross References

Jeremiah 29:6

Find wives for yourselves, and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and give your daughters to men in marriage so that they may bear sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.

Matthew 1:18

The birth of Jesus Christ came about in this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged  to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 5:40

As for the one who wants to sue you and take away your shirt, let him have your coat as well.

1 Corinthians 7:35

I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.

1 Corinthians 7:37

But he who stands firm in his heart (who is under no compulsion, but has control over his own will  ) and has decided in his heart to keep her as his fiancée, will do well.

1 Corinthians 7:9

But if they do not have self-control,  they should marry, since it is better to marry  than to burn with desire.

1 Samuel 2:33

Any man from your family I do not cut off from my altar will bring grief  and sadness to you. All your descendants will die violently.  ,