1 Corinthians 7:38

Geneva Bible (1560)

So then hee that giueth her to mariage, doeth wel, but he that giueth her not to mariage, doeth better.

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  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Mariage is honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge.
  • 1 Cor 7:37 : 37 Neuerthelesse, hee that standeth firme in his heart, that hee hath no neede, but hath power ouer his owne will, and hath so decreed in his heart, that hee will keepe his virgine, hee doeth well.
  • 1 Cor 7:1-2 : 1 Nowe concerning the thinges whereof ye wrote vnto mee, It were good for a man not to touche a woman. 2 Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.
  • 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to be.
  • 1 Cor 7:32-34 : 32 And I would haue you without care. The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord, howe he may please the Lord. 33 But hee that is maried, careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is difference also betweene a virgine and a wife: the vnmaried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirite: but shee that is maried, careth for the things of the worlde, howe shee may please her husband.

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  • 1 Cor 7:32-37
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    85%

    32And I would haue you without care. The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord, howe he may please the Lord.

    33But hee that is maried, careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

    34There is difference also betweene a virgine and a wife: the vnmaried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirite: but shee that is maried, careth for the things of the worlde, howe shee may please her husband.

    35And this I speake for your owne commoditie, not to tangle you in a snare, but that yee followe that, which is honest, and that yee may cleaue fast vnto the Lord without separation.

    36But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgine, if shee passe the flower of her age, and neede so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them be maried.

    37Neuerthelesse, hee that standeth firme in his heart, that hee hath no neede, but hath power ouer his owne will, and hath so decreed in his heart, that hee will keepe his virgine, hee doeth well.

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

    8Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.

    9But if they cannot abstaine, let them marrie: for it is better to marrie then to burne.

    10And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.

    11But and if shee depart, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her husband, & let not the husband put away his wife.

    12But to ye remnant I speake, & not ye Lord, If any brother haue a wife, ye beleeueth not, if she be cotent to dwell with him, let him not forsake her.

    13And the woman which hath an husbande that beleeueth not, if he be content to dwell with her, let her not forsake him.

  • 1 Cor 7:39-40
    2 verses
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    39The wife is bounde by the Lawe, as long as her husband liueth: but if her husband bee dead, shee is at libertie to marie with whome she will, onely in the Lord.

    40But shee is more blessed, if she so abide, in my iudgement: and I thinke that I haue also the Spirite of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:25-29
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    25Nowe concerning virgines, I haue no commaundement of the Lorde: but I giue mine aduise, as one that hath obtained mercie of the Lord to be faithfull.

    26I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to be.

    27Art thou bounde vnto a wife? Seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? Seeke not a wife.

    28But if thou takest a wife, thou sinnest not: and if a virgine marrie, shee sinneth not: neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

    29And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, be as though they had none:

  • 1 Cor 7:1-4
    4 verses
    74%

    1Nowe concerning the thinges whereof ye wrote vnto mee, It were good for a man not to touche a woman.

    2Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.

    3Let the husbande giue vnto the wife due beneuolence, and likewise also the wife vnto the husband.

    4The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie, but ye husband: & likewise also the husband hath not ye power of his own body, but the wife.

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    73%

    2For the woman which is in subiection to a man, is bound by the Lawe to the man, while he liueth: but if the man bee dead, shee is deliuered from the lawe of the man.

    3So then, if while the man liueth, she taketh another man, she shalbe called an adulteresse: but if the man be dead, she is free fro the Law, so that shee is not an adulteresse, though shee take another man.

  • Matt 19:10
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    10Then sayd his disciples to him, If the matter be so betweene man and wife, it is not good to marry.

  • Exod 22:16-17
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    16And if a man entise a maide that is not betrothed, and lie with her, hee shall endowe her, and take her to his wife.

    17If her father refuse to giue her to him, hee shal pay money, according to ye dowry of virgins.

  • Exod 21:9-10
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    71%

    9But if he hath betrothed her vnto his sonne, he shal deale with her according to the custome of the daughters.

    10If he take him another wife, he shall not diminish her foode, her rayment, and recompence of her virginitie.

  • Deut 20:7
    71%

    7And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and returne againe vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, and another man take her.

  • Matt 22:25
    70%

    25Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.

  • Luke 20:33-35
    3 verses
    69%

    33Therefore at the resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be? For seuen had her to wife.

    34Then Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, The children of this world marry wiues, and are married.

    35But they which shalbe counted worthy to enioy that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry wiues, neither are married.

  • Lev 21:13
    69%

    13Also he shall take a maide vnto his wife:

  • Deut 24:1
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    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, if so be shee finde no fauour in his eyes, because hee hath espyed some filthinesse in her, then let him write her a bill of diuorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Prov 18:22
    69%

    22He that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and receiueth fauour of the Lord.

  • Deut 7:3
    69%

    3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them, neither giue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.

  • Num 30:16
    69%

    16(30:17) These are the ordinances which the Lorde commanded Moses, betweene a man & his wife, and betweene the father and his daughter, being young in her fathers house.

  • Num 36:6
    69%

    6This is the thing that the Lorde hath commaunded, concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, They shall be wiues, to whome they thinke best, onely 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 betrothed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde,

    29Then the man that lay with her, shall giue vnto the maydes father fiftie shekels of siluer: and she shalbe his wife, because he hath humbled her: he can not put her away all his life.

  • Num 36:8
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    8And euery daughter that possesseth any inheritance of the tribes of the children of Israel, shalbe wife vnto one of the familie of the tribe of her father: that the children of Israel may enioye euery man the inheritance of their fathers.

  • 1 Cor 7:16
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    16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt saue thine husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wife?

  • Luke 16:18
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    18Whosoeuer putteth away his wife, and marieth another, committeth adulterie: and whosoeuer marieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adulterie.

  • Luke 20:29
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    29Now there were seuen brethren, & the first tooke a wife, and he dyed without children.

  • Mark 10:11
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    11And he sayd vnto them, Whosoeuer shal put away his wife and marrie another, committeth adulterie against her.

  • Matt 5:31
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    31It hath bene sayd also, Whosoeuer shall put away his wife, let him giue her a bill of diuorcement.