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


In Context

35 This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

36 But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn't sin. Let them marry.

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.

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.

39 A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only in the Lord.

40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:38So that he that marries himself does well; and he that does not marry does 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 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.