1 Corinthians 7:36-38

New International Version

³⁶If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong^[a] and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning.^(A) They should get married. ³⁷But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. ³⁸So then, he who marries the virgin does right,^(B) but he who does not marry her does better.^[b]

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1 Corinthians 7:36 Or if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage
1 Corinthians 7:38 Or ³⁶If anyone thinks he is not treating his daughter properly, and if she is getting along in years (or if her passions are too strong), and he feels she ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. He should let her get married. ³⁷But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind to keep the virgin unmarried—this man also does the right thing. ³⁸So then, he who gives his virgin in marriage does right, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.

1 Corinthians 7:36-38

New American Standard Bible

³⁶But if anyone thinks that he is acting dishonorably toward his virgin, if she is ^[a]past her youth and it ought to be so, let him do what he wishes, he is not sinning; let ^[b]them marry. ³⁷But the one who stands firm in his heart, ^[c]if he is not under constraint, but has authority ^[d]over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well. ³⁸So then, both the one who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and the one who does not give her in marriage will do better.