1 Corinthians 7:38

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So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.

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  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
  • 1 Cor 7:37 : 37 Nevertheless, he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.
  • 1 Cor 7:1-2 : 1 Now concerning the things you wrote to me about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
  • 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress—that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
  • 1 Cor 7:32-34 : 32 But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. 33 But he who is married cares about the things of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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  • 1 Cor 7:32-37
    6 verses
    85%

    32 But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

    33 But he who is married cares about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

    34 There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

    35 And this I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.

    36 But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he will. He does not sin; let them marry.

    37 Nevertheless, he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.

  • 1 Cor 7:7-13
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    7 For I wish that all men were as I am. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

    8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

    9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

    10 And to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord, that a wife should not leave her husband:

    11 But if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.

    12 But to the rest I speak, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her.

    13 And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, and he is willing to live with her, let her not leave him.

  • 1 Cor 7:39-40
    2 verses
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    39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

    40 But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:25-29
    5 verses
    78%

    25 Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, yet I give my judgment as one whom the Lord in his mercy has made trustworthy.

    26 I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress—that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

    27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

    28 But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless, such will have trouble in the flesh, but I spare you.

    29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short; so that from now on, even those who have wives should be as though they had none,

  • 1 Cor 7:1-4
    4 verses
    74%

    1 Now concerning the things you wrote to me about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2 Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

    3 Let the husband give to the wife her due affection, and likewise also the wife to the husband.

    4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is released from the law of her husband.

    3 So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she will be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she is married to another man.

  • Matt 19:10
    73%

    10 His disciples said to him, If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.

  • Exod 22:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 If a man entices a maid who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

    17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

  • Exod 21:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9 And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.

    10 If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marriage rights.

  • Deut 20:7
    71%

    7 And what man is there who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

  • Matt 22:25
    70%

    25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.

  • Luke 20:33-35
    3 verses
    69%

    33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife is she? for all seven had her as wife.

    34 And Jesus answering said to them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

    35 But those who are counted worthy to attain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

  • Lev 21:13
    69%

    13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

  • Deut 24:1
    69%

    1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it comes to pass that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a certificate of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Prov 18:22
    69%

    22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

  • Deut 7:3
    69%

    3 Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take for your son.

  • Num 30:16
    69%

    16 These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.

  • Num 36:6
    69%

    6 This is what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry whom they think best; only within the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

  • Deut 22:28-29
    2 verses
    69%

    28 If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found,

    29 Then the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

  • Num 36:8
    69%

    8 And every daughter that possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall marry one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that each of the children of Israel may enjoy the inheritance of his fathers.

  • 1 Cor 7:16
    68%

    16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

  • Luke 16:18
    68%

    18 Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.

  • Luke 20:29
    68%

    29 There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

  • Mark 10:11
    68%

    11 And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

  • Matt 5:31
    68%

    31 Furthermore it has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce:'

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