1 Corinthians 7:38 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

1 Corinthians 7:38 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
1 Corinthians 7:1-2
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. …
1 Corinthians 7:8
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
1 Corinthians 7:37
Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
1 Corinthians 7:32-34
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: …

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Betrothal Celibacy Chastity Commandments Concubinage Continence Courtship Divorce

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 36-38)

In this passage the apostle is commonly supposed to give advice about the disposal of children in marriage, upon the principle of his former determination. In this view the general meaning is plain. It was in that age, and those parts of the world, and especially among the Jews, reckoned a disgrace for a woman to remain unmarried past a certain number of years: it gave a suspicion of somewhat that…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 38)

38. her--The oldest manuscripts have “his own virgin daughter.” but--The oldest manuscripts have “and.”