1 Corinthians 7:37 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁷ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ But whoever is firmly established in his heart [strong in mind and purpose], not being forced by necessity but having control over his own will and desire, and has resolved this in his heart to keep his own virginity, he is doing well.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching his own will, and hath determined this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, shall do well.

Common English Bible

³⁷ But if a man stands firm in his decision, and doesn’t feel the pressure, but has his own will under control, he does right if he decides in his own heart not to marry the woman.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ But if he has decided firmly in his heart, and he does not have any obligation, but only the power of his free will, and if he has judged this in his heart, to let her remain a virgin, he does well.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁷ For he that hath determined being steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but having power of his own will; and hath judged this in his heart, to keep his virgin, doth well.

1 Corinthians 7:37 Tagairtí Cros

Daniel 1:8

Daniel determined that he would not defile himself with the king’s food  or with the wine he drank. So he asked permission from the chief eunuch not to defile himself.

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now in response to the matters you wrote  about: ‘It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.’

1 Corinthians 7:36

If any man thinks he is acting improperly towards the virgin he is engaged to, if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage, and he feels he should marry #– #he can do what he wants. He is not sinning; they can get married.

1 Corinthians 7:38

So, then, he who marries his fiancée does well, but he who does not marry will do better.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each person should do as he has decided in his heart #– #not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves  a cheerful giver.

1 Peter 5:2

Shepherd God’s flock among you,  not overseeing  out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you;  not out of greed for money but eagerly;