But I tell you, everyone who divorces his wife, except in a case of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:38 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So, then, he who marries his fiancée does well, but he who does not marry will do better. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So also then, he [the father] who gives his virgin (his daughter) in marriage does well, and he [the father] who does not give [her] in marriage does better. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Therefore, the one who marries the unmarried woman does right, and the one who doesn’t get married will do even better. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, he who joins with his virgin in matrimony does well, and he who does not join with her does better. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore, both he that giveth his virgin in marriage, doth well; and he that giveth her not, doth better. |
But I tell you, everyone who divorces his wife, except in a case of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Because of the present distress, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
But he who stands firm in his heart (who is under no compulsion, but has control over his own will ) and has decided in his heart to keep her as his fiancée, will do well.
A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants #– #only in the Lord.
I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am.
Marriage is to be honoured by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.