38So that he that marries himself does well; and he that does not marry does better.


In Context

35 But I say this for your own profit; not that I may set a snare before you, but for what is seemly, and waiting on the Lord without distraction.

36 But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity, if he be beyond the flower of his age, and so it must be, let him do what he will, he does not sin: let them marry.

37 But he who stands firm in his heart, having no need, but has authority over his own will, and has judged this in his heart to keep his own virginity, he does well.

38 So that he that marries himself does well; and he that does not marry does better.

39 A wife is bound for whatever time her husband lives; but if the husband be fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord.

40 But she is happier if she so remain, according to my judgment; but I think that I also have God's Spirit.

1 Corinthians 7:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:38So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:38So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does even better.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:38Therefore, both he that giveth his virgin in marriage, doth well; and he that giveth her not, doth better.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:38So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:38So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:38So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:38So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn't give her in marriage does better.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:38so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:38So then he that gives her in marriage does well; but he that gives her not in marriage does better.