Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
The flower
And need
He sinneth
Bible References
The flower
1 Samuel 2:33
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar,'shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.
And need
1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
He sinneth
1 Corinthians 7:28
But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.