1 Corinthians 7:36 (KJV)

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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

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the flower. 1Sa 2:33

and need. 1Co 7:9 1Co 7:37

he sinneth. 1Co 7:28

his virgin.Some interpret this of a man's continuing in a state of celibacy, and render [parthenos ,] not a virgin, but virginity; but such a construction of the original appears without example. It appears most obvious to explain it of a parent, or guardian, who had the charge of a virgin; and Kypke has shown that [ten parthenon autou ] is an elegant phrase for his virgin daughter.

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