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Greek Modern Translation

Ωστε και οστις υπανδρευει πραττει καλως, αλλ' ο μη υπανδρευων πραττει καλητερα.

Parallel Translations

Byzantine/Majority Text
ωστε και ο εκγαμιζων καλως ποιει ο δε μη εκγαμιζων κρεισσον ποιει

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
ὥστε καὶ ὁ ⸀γαμίζων ⸂τὴν παρθένον ἑαυτοῦ⸃ καλῶς ποιεῖ, ⸂καὶ ὁ⸃ μὴ ⸁γαμίζων κρεῖσσον ⸀ποιήσει.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
ὥστε καὶ ὁ γαμίζων τὴν ἑαυτοῦ παρθένον καλῶς ποιεῖ, καὶ ὁ μὴ γαμίζων κρεῖσσον ποιήσει.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
ωστε και ο εκγαμιζων καλως ποιει ο δε μη εκγαμιζων κρεισσον ποιει

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
ωστε και ο γαμιζων την εαυτου παρθενον καλως ποιει και ο μη γαμιζων κρεισσον ποιησει

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

then: 1 Corinthians 7:28

doeth well: 1 Corinthians 7:2, Hebrews 13:4

doeth better: 1 Corinthians 7:1, 1 Corinthians 7:8, 1 Corinthians 7:26, 1 Corinthians 7:32-34, 1 Corinthians 7:37

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:21 - a wife Acts 21:9 - virgins

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doth well,.... Does that which is in its own nature good; that which is agreeable to the will of God, is of his institution and appointment, and therefore must be good, and answer many good ends and purposes. Such an one that marries his daughter, he seeing a necessity for it, and a propriety in it, does a very good thing; secures her chastity, and his own credit; prevents fornication, and other evils that might follow; consults the good of mankind, and the honour of religion.

But he that giveth [her] not in marriage doth better; not a better action in itself, simply considered; but more profitable and advantageous under such and such circumstances, with such and such conditions and consequences; since hereby a single person is more fit to encounter with and endure persecutions, is freer from the cares of life, and more at liberty to wait upon the Lord, and give up himself to his service.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Doeth well - Does right; violates no law in it, and is not to be blamed for it.

Doeth better - Does that which is on the whole to be preferred, if it can be done. He more certainly, in the present circumstances, consults her happiness by withholding her from the marriage connection than he could by allowing her to enter it.