1 Corinthians 7:37
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.
KJV
ὃς δὲ ἕστηκεν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἑδραῖος, μὴ ἔχων ἀνάγκην, ἐξουσίαν δὲ ἔχει περὶ τοῦ ἰδίου θελήματος, καὶ τοῦτο κέκρικεν ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ καρδίᾳ, τηρεῖν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ παρθένον, καλῶς ποιήσει·
Greek NT
Nam qui statuit in corde suo firmus, non habens necessitatem, potestatem autem habens suæ voluntatis, et hoc judicavit in corde suo, servare virginem suam, bene facit.
Vulgate
But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching his own will, and hath determined this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, shall do well.
ASV
For he that hath determined, being steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but having power of his own will: and hath judged this in his heart, to keep his virgin, doth well.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἑδραῖος — SBLGNT
- ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἑδραῖος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἑδραῖος ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἰδίᾳ καρδίᾳ — SBLGNT
- ἰδίᾳ καρδίᾳ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
- τηρεῖν — SBLGNT
- τηρεῖν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τοῦ τηρεῖν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ποιήσει — SBLGNT
- ποιήσει — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ποιεῖ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 7:1 — Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
- 1Cor 7:36 — 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.
- 1Cor 7:38 — So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
- Dan 1:8 — But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he mig