1 Corinthians 7:37

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:36

If any man thinks he is acting improperly towards the virgin he is engaged to, if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage, and he feels he should marry #– #he can do what he wants. He is not sinning; they can get married.

1 Corinthians 7:38

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

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each person should do as he has decided in his heart #– #not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves  a cheerful giver.

1 Peter 5:2

Shepherd God’s flock among you,  not overseeing  out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you;  not out of greed for money but eagerly;

Daniel 1:8

Daniel determined that he would not defile himself with the king’s food  or with the wine he drank. So he asked permission from the chief eunuch not to defile himself.

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now in response to the matters you wrote  about: ‘It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.’