1 Corinthians 7:38
“So then he that giueth her in mariage, doeth wel: but he that giueth her not in mariage, doeth better.”
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1 Corinthians 7:38 Context
36But if any man thinke that he behaueth himselfe vncomely toward his virgin, if she passe the floure of her age, and neede so require, let him doe what hee will, hee sinneth not: let them marry. 37Neuerthelesse, hee that standeth stedfast in his heart, hauing no necessitie, but hath power ouer his owne will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keepe his virgin, doeth well. 38So then he that giueth her in mariage, doeth wel: but he that giueth her not in mariage, doeth better. 39The wife is bound by the Lawe as long as her husband liueth: but if her husband bee dead, shee is at liberty to bee maried to whom shee will, onely in the Lord. 40But shee is happier if shee sobide, after my iudgment: and I thinke also that I haue the Spirit of God.
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So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.
- King James Version
So then both he who gives his own virgin {daughter} in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
- New American Standard Version (1995)