1 Corinthians 7:38

English Majority Text Version

So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.

Cross References

Matthew 5:32

"But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for a matter of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorcee commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:26

Therefore I consider this to be good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to be as he is:

1 Corinthians 7:37

But he who stands in his heart, not having necessity, but has power over his own desire, and has decided this in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife has been bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband also dies, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:8

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they should remain as I also remain;

Hebrews 13:4

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