1 Corinthians 7:36

New Century Version

If a man thinks he is not doing the right thing with the girl he is engaged to, if she is almost past the best age to marry and he feels he should marry her, he should do what he wants. They should get married. It is no sin.

Cross References

Jeremiah 29:6

Get married and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons, and let your daughters be married so they also may have sons and daughters. Have many children in Babylon; don’t become fewer in number.

Matthew 1:18

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. His mother Mary was engaged to marry Joseph, but before they married, she learned she was pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 5:40

If someone wants to sue you in court and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.

1 Corinthians 7:35

I am saying this to help you, not to limit you. But I want you to live in the right way, to give yourselves fully to the Lord without concern for other things.

1 Corinthians 7:37

But if a man is sure in his mind that there is no need for marriage, and has his own desires under control, and has decided not to marry the one to whom he is engaged, he is doing the right thing.

1 Corinthians 7:9

But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry. It is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

1 Samuel 2:33

I will not totally cut off your family from my altar. But your eyes will cry and your heart be sad, because all your descendants will die.