1 Corinthians 7:39
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 7:39 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 7:39 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "The 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 ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 7:39 — KJV
“The 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.”
— 1 Corinthians 7:39 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 7:39 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 7:39
“For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:39: bound, law, long
“So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:39: law, husband, liveth
“But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. a man's...: Heb. married to an husband”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:39: wife, husband, dead
“Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there. lent him: or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petition he shall...: or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:39: long, liveth, whom
“And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. be delivered: or, cry out came: Heb. were turned”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:39: wife, law, husband
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