1 Corinthians 7:39

American King James Version (1999)

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.

Cross References

Genesis 6:2

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Malachi 2:11

Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a strange god.

1 Corinthians 7:10

And to the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

1 Corinthians 7:15

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God has called us to peace.

1 Corinthians 7:38

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