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


In Context

35 And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,

36 and if any one doth think it to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin — let him marry.

37 And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart — not having necessity — and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart — to keep his own virgin — doth well;

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

39 A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will — only in the Lord;

40 and she is happier if she may so remain — according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

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 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 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.