1 Corinthians 7:38

Plain English Version

This is what I reckon. The man that marries his promise does something good. But the man that stays single does something better.

Cross References

Matthew 5:32

But now I’m telling you this, husbands and wives have to stay married to each other. Only if a man’s wife sleeps with another man, as if he is her husband, only then can her husband divorce her. But if a wife never does that, then her husband can’t divorce her. If he divorces her, he is forcing her to marry another man and sleep with him, and that is wrong. And the man that marries her is doing wrong too.”

1 Corinthians 7:26

People everywhere are making trouble for God’s people these days, so I reckon it is best for you to stay the way you are.

1 Corinthians 7:37

But maybe another young woman was promised to a man, and those 2 agreed to work for God and not to get married, but this man still wants to stay single, and he can control himself. Well, he can stay single if he wants to. If he doesn’t get married, that is good.

1 Corinthians 7:39

And now I will tell you about widows. A married woman has to stay with her husband while he is alive. She can’t leave him and go away and marry another man. But if her husband dies, then she can marry again. But a Christian widow has to marry a Christian man.

1 Corinthians 7:8

Now I will talk to you people that are not married. Maybe your wife or husband has died, or maybe you never married anyone. This is what I reckon. Stay single, like me.