Verse 38

So then, the one who marries the virgin does right, but the one who does not marry her does better.

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is to be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
  • 1 Cor 7:37 : 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing.
  • 1 Cor 7:1-2 : 1 Now concerning the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 To the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to remain as I am.
  • 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 Because of the present distress, I think it is good for a person to remain as they are.
  • 1 Cor 7:32-34 : 32 I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife. 34 And his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs. Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband.