1 Corinthians 7:39

A Conservative Version

A wife is bound by law as long a time as her husband lives, but also if the husband should sleep, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in Lord.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:10

And to those who are married, I do not command but the Lord. The wife is not to separate from her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:15

But if the unbeliever separates, he shall separate. The brother or the sister has not been bound in such things. And God has called us to peace.

Malachi 2:11

Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holiness of LORD which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

Genesis 6:2

that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair. And they took to them wives of all that they chose.

1 Corinthians 7:38

And therefore he who gives in marriage does well, but he who does not give in marriage does better.