I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord. Context 35This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord. 36But if any man thinks that he is acting unbecomingly toward his virgin daughter, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let her marry. 37But he who stands firm in his heart, being under no constraint, but has authority over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, he will do well. 38So 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. 39A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. 40But in my opinion she is happier if she remains as she is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God. Links 1 Corinthians 7:35 NIV1 Corinthians 7:35 NLT 1 Corinthians 7:35 ESV 1 Corinthians 7:35 NASB 1 Corinthians 7:35 KJV 1 Corinthians 7:35 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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