1 Corinthians 7:38 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁸ So, then, he who marries his fiancée does well, but he who does not marry will do better.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ So also then, he [the father] who gives his virgin (his daughter) in marriage does well, and he [the father] who does not give [her] in marriage does better.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

Common English Bible

³⁸ Therefore, the one who marries the unmarried woman does right, and the one who doesn’t get married will do even better.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ And so, he who joins with his virgin in matrimony does well, and he who does not join with her does better.

1 Corinthians 7:38 Cross References

Matthew 5:32

But I tell you, everyone who divorces his wife, except in a case of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:26

Because of the present distress, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

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 7:39

A wife is bound  as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants #– #only in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:8

I say to the unmarried  and to widows:  It is good for them if they remain as I am.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be honoured by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.