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1 Corinthians 7:36
The 2026 edition cites 3 passages containing 1 Corinthians 7:36, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
1 Corinthians 7:35-36
35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
36 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.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 138
The duties required in the seventh commandment are, chastity in body, mind, affections, words, and behavior; and the preservation of it in ourselves and…
1 Corinthians 7:36
36 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.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 71
The seventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbor’s chastity, in heart, speech, and behaviour.
1 Corinthians 7:36-38
36 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.
37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 24.3
It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment to give their consent. Yet is it the duty of Christians to marry only in the Lord…