1 Corinthians 7:38 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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)

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

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

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Corinthians 7:38 Cross References

Matthew 5:32

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:26

I think therefore that this is good by reason of the present distress, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

1 Corinthians 7:37

But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching his own will, and hath determined this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, shall do well.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:8

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be had in honour among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.