1 Corinthians 7:38

Bishops' Bible (1568)

So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage, doth well: but he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage, doth better.

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  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Wedlocke is honorable among all men, and the bed vndefiled: But whoremongers and adulterers God wyll iudge.
  • 1 Cor 7:37 : 37 Neuerthelesse, he that purposeth surely in his heart hauing no neede, but hath power ouer his owne wyll, and hath so decreed in his heart that he wyl kepe his virgin, doth well.
  • 1 Cor 7:1-2 : 1 Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman. 2 Neuerthelesse, to auoyde fornication, let euery man haue his owne wyfe, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I.
  • 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for I say it is good for a man so to be.
  • 1 Cor 7:32-34 : 32 I woulde haue you without care: He that is vnmaryed, careth for the thinges that belong to the Lorde, how he may please the Lorde: 33 But he that hath maryed awyfe, careth for the thinges that are of the worlde, how he may please his wyfe. 34 There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe: The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde, that she may be holy both in body and in spirite: Againe she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world, how she may please her husbande.

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  • 1 Cor 7:32-37
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    32I woulde haue you without care: He that is vnmaryed, careth for the thinges that belong to the Lorde, how he may please the Lorde:

    33But he that hath maryed awyfe, careth for the thinges that are of the worlde, how he may please his wyfe.

    34There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe: The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde, that she may be holy both in body and in spirite: Againe she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world, how she may please her husbande.

    35This speake I for your profite, not to tangle you in a snare: but that ye may folowe that which is honest and comely, and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lorde without separation.

    36But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgin if she passe the time of mariage, and neede so require, let him do what he wyll, he sinneth not: let them be maryed.

    37Neuerthelesse, he that purposeth surely in his heart hauing no neede, but hath power ouer his owne wyll, and hath so decreed in his heart that he wyl kepe his virgin, doth well.

  • 1 Cor 7:7-13
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    7For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, another after that.

    8I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I.

    9But if they can not abstayne, let them marrie: For it is better to marrie then to burne.

    10Unto the maryed commaunde, not I, but the Lord, Let not the wyfe depart from the husbande:

    11But and if she depart, let her remayne vnmarried, or be reconciled vnto her husbande againe: And let not the husbande put away his wyfe.

    12But to the renmaunt speake I, not the Lorde: If any brother haue a wife that beleueth not, if she be content to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

    13And the woman which hath to her husbande an infidell, and he consent to dwel with her, let her not put him away.

  • 1 Cor 7:39-40
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    39The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as long as her husbande lyueth: but if her husband be dead, she is at libertie to marry with whom she wil, onely in the Lorde.

    40But she is happier if she so abide, after my iudgement: And I thinke veryly that I haue the spirite of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:25-29
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    25Nowe concerning virgins I haue no commaundement of the Lord: yet geue I counsell, as one that hath obtayned mercy in the Lorde to be faythfull.

    26I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for I say it is good for a man so to be.

    27Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe.

    28But and if thou marrie a wyfe, thou sinnest not, and if a virgin marrie, she hath not sinned: Neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in their fleshe, but I beare with you.

    29But this say I brethren, the tyme is short: It remayneth, that they which haue wyues, be as though they had none:

  • 1 Cor 7:1-4
    4 verses
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    1Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman.

    2Neuerthelesse, to auoyde fornication, let euery man haue his owne wyfe, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.

    3Let the husbande geue vnto the wyfe due beneuolence: Lykewyse also the wyfe vnto the husbande.

    4The wyfe hath not the power of her owne body, but the husbande: And likewyse also the husbande hath not the power of his owne body, but the wife.

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    2For the woman which is in subiectio to a man, is bounde by the lawe to the man, as long as he lyueth: But yf the man be dead, she is loosed from the lawe of the man.

    3So then yf whyle the man lyueth, she couple her selfe with another man, she shalbe counted a wedlocke breaker: But yf the man be dead, she is free from the law, so that she is no wedlocke breaker, though she couple her selfe with another man.

  • Matt 19:10
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    10His disciples say vnto hym: If the matter be so betwene man and wyfe, then is it not good to mary.

  • Exod 22:16-17
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    16If a man entice a mayde that is not betrouthed, and lye with her, he shall endowe her, and take her to his wyfe.

    17And if her father refuse to geue her vnto him, he shal pay money, according to the dowrie of virgins.

  • Exod 21:9-10
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    9If he haue promysed her vnto his sonne to wyfe, he shall deale with her as men do with their daughters.

    10And if he take hym another wyfe: yet her foode, her rayment, and duetie of maryage shall he not minishe.

  • Deut 20:7
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    7And if any man be betrouthed vnto a wyfe, and haue not taken her: let hym go and returne agayne vnto his house, lest he dye in the battayle, and another man take her.

  • Matt 22:25
    70%

    25Ther were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maryed a wyfe, and deceassed without issue, and left his wyfe vnto his brother.

  • Luke 20:33-35
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    33Nowe in the resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be? For seuen had her to wyfe.

    34Iesus aunswered and saide vnto the: The chyldren of this worlde marrye wyues, and are marryed:

    35But they which shalbe counted worthy to enioy that worlde, and the resurrection from the dead, do not marrye wyues, neither are marryed,

  • Lev 21:13
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    13He shall take a mayde vnto his wife.

  • Deut 24:1
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    1When a man hath taken a wife and maried her, if she finde no fauour in his eyes, because he hath spyed some vncleannes in her: then let hym wryte her a byll of deuorcement, and put it in her hande, and sende her out of his house:

  • Prov 18:22
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    22Who so findeth a wyfe, findeth a good thing, and receaueth fauour of the Lorde.

  • Deut 7:3
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    3Thou shalt make no mariages with them: neither geue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.

  • Num 30:16
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    16These are the ordinaunces which the Lord commaunded Moyses betweene a man and his wyfe, and betweene the father and his daughter, beyng yet a damsell in her fathers house.

  • Num 36:6
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    6This therefore doth the Lorde commaunde the daughters of Zelaphead, saying: Let them be wyues, to whom they them selues thinke best: only to the familie of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

  • Deut 22:28-29
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    28If a man finde a mayde that is not betrouthed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde:

    29Then the man that lay with her, shall geue vnto the damsels father fiftie sicles of siluer, and she shall be his wyfe, because he hath humbled her: and he may not put her away all his dayes.

  • Num 36:8
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    8And euery daughter that possesseth any inheritaunce in any tribe of the chyldre of Israel, shalbe wyfe vnto one of the kinred of the tribe of her father, that the chyldren of Israel may enioy euery man the inheritaunce of his father.

  • 1 Cor 7:16
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    16For howe knowest thou O woman, whether thou shalt saue thy husbande? or how knowest thou O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wyfe?

  • Luke 16:18
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    18Whosoeuer forsaketh his wyfe, and marieth another, committeth adulterie. And he that maryeth her that is deuorced from her husbande, committeth adulterie also.

  • Luke 20:29
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    29There were therfore seuen brethren, and the first toke a wyfe, & dyed without chyldren.

  • Mark 10:11
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    11And he sayth vnto them: Whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, & maryeth another, committeth adulterie agaynst her.

  • Matt 5:31
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    31It is saide: whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, let hym geue her a wrytyng of diuorcement.