Thematic Bible: Who should get married
Thematic Bible
Marriage » Who should get married
And when a man doth entice a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife; if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.
and this I say by way of concurrence -- not of command, for I wish all men to be even as I myself am; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus. And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I am; read more.
and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;