1 Corinthians 7:38

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual unfaithfulness, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:26

I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

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 7:39

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

1 Corinthians 7:8

I say to the unmarried and widows that it is good for them if they live even as I am.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be honored among everyone, and the bed undefiled. But God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.