Verse 39
1 Corinthians 7:39
King James Version
39
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Original Language Text
greek
Γυνὴ ⸀δέδεται ἐφ’ ὅσον χρόνον ζῇ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς· ἐὰν ⸀δὲ κοιμηθῇ ὁ ἀνήρ, ἐλευθέρα ἐστὶν ᾧ θέλει γαμηθῆναι, μόνον ἐν κυρίῳ·
English Translation
A woman is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is free to marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
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Chapter 7 Context
1
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me:
It is
good for a man not to touch a woman.
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2
Nevertheless,
to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her ow...
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3
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
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4
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not pow...
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5
Defraud ye not one the other, except
it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to f...
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6
But I speak this by permission,
and not of commandment.
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7
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God (Elohim),...
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8
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
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9
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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10
And unto the married I command,
yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from
her husband:
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11
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to
her husband: and let not the hu...
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12
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be ple...
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13
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let...
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14
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the...
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15
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such
ca...
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16
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save
thy
husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whe...
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17
But as God (Elohim) hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him wal...
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18
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcisi...
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19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God (...
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20
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
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21
Art thou called
being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use
it rather.
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22
For he that is called in the Lord,
being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is...
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23
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
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24
Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God (Elohim).
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25
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath o...
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26
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress,
I say, that
it is good for a man so...
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27
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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28
But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheles...
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29
But this I say, brethren, the time
is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as thou...
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30
And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and...
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31
And they that use this world, as not abusing
it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
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32
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to...
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33
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please
his wife.
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34
There is difference
also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of t...
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35
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is co...
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36
But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of...
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37
Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his ow...
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38
So then he that giveth
her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth
her not in marriage doeth bett...
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39
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at li...
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But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of Go...
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