1 Corinthians 7:38 Cross References - MNT

³⁸ So he that gives his daughter in marriage is doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing better.

¹ Now concerning the question in your letter. It is well for a man to have no intercourse with a woman, ² but because there is so much immorality let each man have his own wife; and let each women have her own husband.

⁸ But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.

²⁶ I think then, that in view of the time of suffering now imminent, it is best for a man to remain as he is.

³² So I want you to be free from all anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's business, how he may please the Lord; ³³ but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind. ³⁴ Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord's business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how she may please her husband.

³⁷ On the other hand, he who is firm in his purpose and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has determined to keep his daughter unmarried, does well.

⁴ Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.