1 Corinthians 7:38-40

The Unmarried and the Widowed

38 So then he who marries his betrothed h does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.

39 i A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only j in the Lord. 40 Yet k in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think l that I too have the Spirit of God.

  1. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:4
    Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
  2. Cross References
    Romans 7:2
    For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.
  3. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 6:14
    Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
  4. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 7:6
    Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.
  5. Cross References
    Acts 15:28
    For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:
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