Devine Scripture

1 Corinthians 7:39

1 Corinthians chapter 7 · verse 39 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Context

v.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.

v.39This passage

v.40But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:10

    But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

  • Deuteronomy 7:3

    neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:14

    Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

  • 1 Corinthians 7:15

    Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

  • Malachi 2:11

    Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.

  • Romans 7:2

    For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.