Verse 38
So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn't give her in marriage does better.
Referenced Verses
- Heb 13:4 : 4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- 1 Cor 7:37 : 37 But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.
- 1 Cor 7:1-2 : 1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
- 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
- 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
- 1 Cor 7:32-34 : 32 But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; 33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is also 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.