1 Corinthians 7:39

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 6:2

that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

Malachi 2:11

Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

1 Corinthians 7:10

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

1 Corinthians 7:15

Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

1 Corinthians 7:38

So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.