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Selected Verse: 1 Corinthians 7:36 - Strong Concordance

Verse         Translation Text
1Co 7:36 Strong Concordance But [1161] if any man [1536] think [3543] that he behaveth himself uncomely [807] toward [1909] his [846] virgin [3933], if [1437] she pass the flower of her age [5230] [5600], and [2532] need [3784] so [3779] require [1096], let him do [4160] what [3739] he will [2309], he sinneth [264] not [3756]: let them marry [1060].
  King James But 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
behaveth . . . uncomely--is not treating his daughter well in leaving her unmarried beyond the flower of her age, and thus debarring her from the lawful gratification of her natural feeling as a marriageable woman.

need so require--if the exigencies of the case require it; namely, regard to the feelings and welfare of his daughter. Opposed to "having no necessity" (Co1 7:37).

let them marry--the daughter and her suitor.
 
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37 Nevertheless [1161] he [3739] that standeth [2476] stedfast [1476] in [1722] his heart [2588], having [2192] no [3361] necessity [318], but [1161] hath [2192] power [1849] over [4012] his own [2398] will [2307], and [2532] hath [2919] so [5124] decreed [2919] in [1722] his [846] heart [2588] that he will keep [5083] his [1438] virgin [3933], doeth [4160] well [2573].
23 For [1063] all [3956] have sinned [264], and [2532] come short [5302] of the glory [1391] of God [2316];
9 But [1161] if [1487] they [1467] cannot [3756] contain [1467], let them marry [1060]: for [1063] it is [2076] better [2909] to marry [1060] than [2228] to burn [4448].
26 I suppose [3543] therefore [3767] that this [5124] is [5225] good [2570] for [1223] the present [1764] distress [318], I say, that [3754] it is good [2570] for a man [444] so [3779] to be [1511].
6 But [1161] I speak [3004] this [5124] by [2596] permission [4774], and not [3756] of [2596] commandment [2003].