1 Corinthians 7:36

Modern English Version

If any man thinks that he is behaving improperly toward his unmarried woman, and if she is past the bloom of her youth, and passions so require, let him do what he will. He does not sin. Let them marry.

Cross References

Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters; so that you may increase there and not diminish.

Matthew 1:18

Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way: After His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child by the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 5:40

And if anyone sues you in a court of law and takes away your tunic, let him have your cloak also.

1 Corinthians 7:35

I say this for your own benefit, not to put any restraint upon you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.

1 Corinthians 7:37

Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart without necessity, and has power over his own will, and has so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.

1 Corinthians 7:9

But if they cannot restrain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

1 Samuel 2:33

Yet the one I do not cut off from My altar will be spared so your eyes will not stop weeping or your soul grieving. All the increase of your house will die in their prime.