1 Corinthians 7:37-39
1599 Geneva Bible
37 Nevertheless, he that standeth firm in his [a]heart, that he hath no [b]need, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart, that he will keep his virgin, he doeth well.
38 So then he that giveth her to marriage, doeth well, but he that giveth her not to marriage, doeth [c]better.
39 [d]The wife is bound by the [e]law, as long as her husband (A)liveth: but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to marry with whom she will, only in the [f]Lord.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:37 Resolved with himself.
- 1 Corinthians 7:37 That the weakness of his daughter enforceth him not, or any other matter, that that he may safely keep her a virgin still.
- 1 Corinthians 7:38 Provideth more commodiously for his children, and that not simply, but by reason of such conditions as are before mentioned.
- 1 Corinthians 7:39 That which he spake of a widower, he speaketh now of a widow, to wit, that she may marry again, so that she do it in the fear of God: and yet he dissembleth not, but saith, that if she remain still a widow, she shall be void of many cares.
- 1 Corinthians 7:39 By the law of marriage.
- 1 Corinthians 7:39 Religiously, and in the fear of God.
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