1 Corinthians 7:38

American King James Version (1999)

So then he that gives her in marriage does well; but he that gives her not in marriage does better.

Cross References

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you, That whoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery: and whoever shall marry her that is divorced commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:26

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

1 Corinthians 7:37

Nevertheless he that stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.

1 Corinthians 7:39

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:8

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

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.