1 Corinthians 7:38

So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.

So {G5620} then {G2532} he that giveth her in marriage {G1547} doeth {G4160} well {G2573}; but {G1161} he that giveth her {G1547} not {G3361} in marriage {G1547} doeth {G4160} better {G2908}.

So the man who marries his fiancée will do well, and the man who doesn’t marry will do better.

So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.

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.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Hebrews 13:4 (6 votes)

    Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:32 (4 votes)

    But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

  • 1 Corinthians 7:34 (4 votes)

    There is difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:2 (4 votes)

    Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:37 (4 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:8 (4 votes)

    I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.