Verse List for 1 COR 7:38

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OET (OET-RV) That way, anyone allowing his unmarried woman to marry does well, but anyone who doesn’t, makes a better decision.

OET-LV So _that both the one betrothing the of _himself virgin, well is _doing, and the one not betrothing, better will _be _doing.

ULT So then, the one marrying his own virgin does well, and the one not marrying will do even better.

UST In the end, any man who gets married to his fiancée does a good thing. Further, any man who does not get married to his fiancée does a better thing.

BSB So then, he who [marries] the virgin does well, but he who {does} not marry [her] does even better.

MSB So then, he who marries [her][fn] does well, but he who {does} not marry [her][fn] does even better.

BLB So then also, the one marrying the own virgin does well, and the one not marrying will do better.

AICNT So then, he who marries [his own virgin][fn] does well, and he who does not marry her will do better.

OEB In short, the one who consents to his daughter’s marriage is doing right, and yet the other will be doing better.

WEBBE & WMBB So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.

NET So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better.

LSV so that both he who is giving in marriage does well, and he who is not giving in marriage does better.

FBV So the man who marries the woman he's engaged to does well, while the one who does not get married does better.

TCNT So then, he who gives [fn]her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage [fn]does better.

T4T So any man who decides that his daughter should get married is doing what is good, but if he decides that she should not get married, he is doing something even better. (OR, 36 Some of you men have asked about the women to whom you are engaged to marry. If any man thinks that he may be treating that woman unfairly by not marrying her, and if it is already past the right time for her to get married, and if he wants to marry her very much, he should do what he wants to do. He should marry her. He will not be sinning by doing that. 37 But if a man feels absolutely sure that it is better for him not to get married, and if nothing is forcing them to get married, if he is free to make his own decision on the matter, if he decides not to get married, he is doing what is right. 38 So any man who decides that he should get married to the woman he is engaged to is doing what is good, but if he decides that he should not get married, he is doing something even better.)

LEB So then, the one who marries[fn] his own virgin does well, and the one who does not marry her will do better.

BBE So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.

Moff Thus both are right alike in marrying and in refraining from marriage, but he who does not marry will be found to have done better.

Wymth So that he who gives his daughter in marriage does well, and yet he who does not give her in marriage will do better.

ASV So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

DRA Therefore, both he that giveth his virgin in marriage, doth well; and he that giveth her not, doth better.

YLT so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

Drby So that he that marries himself does well; and he that does not marry does better.

RV So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.
(So then both he that giveth/gives his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth/does well; and he that giveth/gives her not in marriage shall do better.)

SLT So that he marrying does well; and he not marrying does better.

Wbstr So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

KJB-1769 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
(So then he that giveth/gives her in marriage doeth/does well; but he that giveth/gives her not in marriage doeth/does better.)

KJB-1611 So then he that giueth her in mariage, doeth wel: but he that giueth her not in mariage, doeth better.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage, doth well: but he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage, doth better.
(So then he that ioyneth his virgin in marriage, doeth/does well: but he that ioyneth not his virgin in marriage, doeth/does better.)

Gnva So then hee that giueth her to mariage, doeth well, but he that giueth her not to mariage, doeth better.
(So then he that giveth/gives her to marriage, doeth/does well, but he that giveth/gives her not to marriage, doeth/does better.)

Cvdl but he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage, doth beter.
(but he that ioyneth not his virgin in marriage, doeth/does beter.)

TNT So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage doth well. But he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage doth better.
(So then he that ioyneth his virgin in marriage doeth/does well. But he that ioyneth not his virgin in marriage doeth/does better.)

Wycl Therfore he that ioyneth his virgyn in matrymonye, doith wel; and he that ioyneth not, doith betere.
(Therefore he that ioyneth his virgin in matrimonye, doeth/does well; and he that ioyneth not, doeth/does betere.)

Luth Endlich, welcher verheiratet, der tut wohl; welcher aber nicht verheiratet, der tut besser.
(Finally, which married, the/of_the does probably/well; which but not married, the/of_the does better.)

ClVg Igitur et qui matrimonio jungit virginem suam, bene facit: et qui non jungit, melius facit.[fn]
(Therefore and who/which marriage joins a_virgin his_own, well he/it_does: and who/which not/no joins, better he/it_does.)

SR-GNT Ὥστε καὶ ὁ γαμίζων τὴν ἑαυτοῦ παρθένον, καλῶς ποιεῖ, καὶ ὁ μὴ γαμίζων, κρεῖσσον ποιήσει. ‡

UGNT ὥστε καὶ ὁ γαμίζων τὴν ἑαυτοῦ παρθένον, καλῶς ποιεῖ; καὶ ὁ μὴ γαμίζων, κρεῖσσον ποιήσει.

SBL-GNT ὥστε καὶ ὁ ⸀γαμίζων ⸂τὴν παρθένον ἑαυτοῦ⸃ καλῶς ποιεῖ, ⸂καὶ ὁ⸃ μὴ ⸁γαμίζων κρεῖσσον ⸀ποιήσει.

RP-GNT Ὥστε καὶ ὁ ἐκγαμίζων καλῶς ποιεῖ· ὁ δὲ μὴ ἐκγαμίζων κρεῖσσον ποιεῖ.

TC-GNT ὥστε καὶ ὁ [fn]ἐκγαμίζων καλῶς ποιεῖ· [fn]ὁ δὲ μὴ [fn]ἐκγαμίζων κρεῖσσον [fn]ποιεῖ.

Verse List for 1 COR 7:38

Verse List for 1 COR 7:38