1 Corinthians 7:35-38

³⁵I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.

³⁶However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

³⁷But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.

³⁸So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.

— 1 Corinthians 7:35-38

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Cross References for 1 Corinthians 7:35-38

• 1 Corinthians 7:33-34
• 1 Corinthians 7:36
• 1 Corinthians 7:37
• Luke 8:14
• Hebrews 13:4
• Philippians 4:8
• 1 Corinthians 7:2
• 1 Corinthians 7:32-34
• Luke 10:40-42
• 1 Corinthians 7:8

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