Sinai1 Corinthians 7:39
American Standard Version
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.
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1 Corinthians 7:39 in other translations
A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:39 in context
- 37But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching his own will, and hath determined this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, shall do well.
- 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.
- 39A 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.
- 40But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.