1 Corinthians 7:39 (WEB)
A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
Catechism · 1
“Scripture speaks throughout of marriage and its "mystery," its institution and the meaning God has given it, its origin and its end, its various realizations throughout the history of salvation, the difficulties arising from sin and its renewal "in the Lord" in the New Covenant of Christ and the Church.” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 7:39; cf. Eph 5:31-32.
Fathers and councils · 20
Jerome
“And ‘A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39.
Read the whole comment“In another verse he speaks to the same effect: ‘The wife is bound…as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband; she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord,’ that is to a Christian.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39.
Read the whole comment“And in another place: “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.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39.
Read the whole comment“But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the spirit of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40, cf. Rom. vii. 2.
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Ambrose of Milan
“But she will be happier if she so abide, after my judgment, for I think I also have the Spirit of God.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40.
Read the whole comment“But she will be more happy if she abide as she is, after my counsel, for I think that I also have the Spirit of the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 37–40.
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Basil the Great
“XLI. The woman in widowhood, who is independent, may dwell with a husband without blame, if there is no one to prevent their cohabitation; for the Apostle says; “but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For, “a woman is bound, so long as her husband liveth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39
Read the whole comment“…is set free: let her be married to whom she will, only in the Lord: but she shall be more blessed, if she shall have so continued, according to my counsel;” he shows sufficiently that a faithful woman is blessed in the Lord, even when she marries a second time after the death of her husband, but that a widow is…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40
Read the whole comment“For he saith, “A woman is bound, so long as her husband liveth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40
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Tertullian
“Thus, too, he discriminatingly judges her to be more blessed, who, after losing her husband subsequently to her entrance into the faith, lovingly embraces the opportunity of widowhood.” — editor's note: Vers. 39, 40.
Read the whole comment“Again, the woman, if intending to marry, has to marry “in the Lord;” that is, not to an heathen, but to a brother, inasmuch as even the ancient law forbids marriage with members of another tribe.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39.
Read the whole comment“Such (conduct) the Psychics will have it the apostle approved, or else totally failed to think about, when he wrote: “The woman is bound for such length of time as her husband liveth; but if he shall have died, she is free; whom she will let her marry, only in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, not rendered with very strict accuracy.
Read the whole comment“Further, if we set down in order the higher and happier grades of bodily patience, (we find that) it is she who is entrusted by holiness with the care of continence of the flesh: she keeps the widow, and sets on the virgin the seal and raises the self-made eunuch to the realms of heaven.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. v. 3, 9, 10; 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40.
Read the whole comment“You have the law from the patriarchs indeed; you have the apostle enjoining people to marry in the Lord.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39.
Read the whole comment“Assuredly also, when (the apostle) rules that marriage should be “only in the Lord,” that no Christian should intermarry with a heathen, he maintains a law of the Creator, who everywhere prohibits marriage with strangers.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39.
Read the whole comment- Tertullian, To His Wife II.1Book II
“…have not only thrown away the opportunity of attaining so great a good, but not even in their remarriage have chosen to be mindful of the rule that “above all they marry in the Lord.”” — editor's note: Potissimum; Gr. “μόνον,” 1 Cor. vii. 39.
Read the whole comment - Tertullian, To His Wife II.2Book II
“If, however, he had given such a permission, he would never have subjoined a declaration so diverse from and contrary to his own permission, saying: “The woman, when her husband is dead, is free: let her marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, not verbatim.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Beata est autem si sic permanserit, mea quidem sententia.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But she will be happier if she abide thus.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, 40.
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Cross-references · 32
Cited together with
Cited together in Catechism §1602.
Cited together in Catechism §1602.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 13.
Cited together in Letters Letter 199.
Cited together in Letters Letter 199.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in To His Wife II.2.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 13.
Cited together in Catechism §1602.
Cited together in Catechism §1602.
Cited together in Catechism §1602.
Cited together in Catechism §1602.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.
Cited together in To His Wife II.1.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in Letters Letter 199.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 1.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 11.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 13.
Cited together in Letters Letter 199.
Cited together in To His Wife II.1.
Cited together in To His Wife II.1.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.
Parallel passages
Romans 7:2 and 1 Corinthians 7:39 share the same wording (9 words).