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1 Corinthians 7:37 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verse 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 7:37 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:37 in context
35And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
36But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
37Nevertheless 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.
38So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
39The 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Neverthelessdebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
- necessityanagkēnecessity, imposed either by the circumstances, or by law of duty regarding to one s…G318 →
- standethhistēmito cause or make to stand, to place, put, set, to bid to stand by, [set up], in the…G2476 →
- stedfasthedraiossitting, sedentary, firm, immovable, steadfastG1476 →
- decreedkrinōto separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose, to approve, esteem, to prefer, to…G2919 →
- havingechōto haveG2192 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 36-38