1 Corinthians 7:39

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will -- only in the Lord;

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 7:2-3 : 2 for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband; 3 so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.
  • 1 Cor 7:15 : 15 And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself -- let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such `cases', and in peace hath God called us;
  • 2 Cor 6:14-16 : 14 Become not yoked with others -- unbelievers, for what partaking `is there' to righteousness and lawlessness? 15 and what fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to a believer with an unbeliever? 16 and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said -- `I will dwell in them, and will walk among `them', and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,
  • 1 Cor 7:10 : 10 and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband:
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 and sons of God see the daughters of men that they `are' fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
  • Deut 7:3-4 : 3 `And thou dost not join in marriage with them; thy daughter thou dost not give to his son, and his daughter thou dost not take to thy son, 4 for he doth turn aside thy son from after Me, and they have served other gods, and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and hath destroyed thee hastily.
  • Mal 2:11 : 11 Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

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  • Rom 7:1-4
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    1 Are ye ignorant, brethren -- for to those knowing law I speak -- that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?

    2 for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

    3 so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

    4 So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another's, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;

  • 1 Cor 7:40
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    40 and she is happier if she may so remain -- according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:8-17
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    8 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I `am';

    9 and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

    10 and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband:

    11 but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

    12 And to the rest I speak -- not the Lord -- if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;

    13 and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;

    14 for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

    15 And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself -- let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such `cases', and in peace hath God called us;

    16 for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

    17 if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each -- so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:

  • 1 Cor 7:25-29
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    25 And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:

    26 I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that `it is' good for a man that the matter be thus: --

    27 Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

    28 But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.

    29 And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;

  • 1 Cor 7:32-38
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    32 And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

    33 and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.

    34 The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.

    35 And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,

    36 and if any one doth think `it' to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin -- let him marry.

    37 And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart -- not having necessity -- and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart -- to keep his own virgin -- doth well;

    38 so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

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    1 And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good `it is' for a man not to touch a woman,

    2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

    3 to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

    4 the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

  • Num 30:9-11
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    9 `As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.

    10 `And if `in' the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath,

    11 and her husband hath heard, and hath kept silent at her -- he hath not disallowed her -- then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.

  • Deut 24:1-3
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    1 `When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

    2 and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man's,

    3 and the latter man hath hated her, and written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dieth, who hath taken her to himself for a wife:

  • Num 30:6-7
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    6 `And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows `are' on her, or a wrongful utterance `on' her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,

    7 and her husband hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established.

  • Luke 20:33
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    33 in the rising again, then, of which of them doth she become wife? -- for the seven had her as wife.'

  • Matt 22:25-28
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    25 `And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;

    26 in like manner also the second, and the third, unto the seventh,

    27 and last of all died also the woman;

    28 therefore in the rising again, of which of the seven shall she be wife -- for all had her?'

  • Mark 12:23
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    23 in the rising again, then, whenever they may rise, of which of them shall she be wife -- for the seven had her as wife?'

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    13 `Every vow and every oath -- a bond to humble a soul -- her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it;

  • Deut 25:5
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    5 `When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother;

  • Eph 5:22
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    22 The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

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    29 `There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,