Study it in the app“But if anyone thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past her prime, and it must be so, let him do what he wishes; he does not sin; let them marry.”
ButδέifΕἰanyoneτιςthinksνομίζειhe is behaving improperlyἀσχημονεῖνtowardἐπὶhisαὐτοῦvirgin,τὴν παρθένονifἐὰνshe isᾖpast her prime,ὑπέρακμοςandκαὶit mustὀφείλειbeγίνεσθαιso,οὕτωςlet him doποιείτωwhatὃhe wishes;θέλειhe does notοὐχsin;ἁμαρτάνειlet them marry.γαμείτωσαν
think, suppose
Think, suppose, consider something to be so.
Where else “nomizei” appearsbehave improperly
Behave improperly, act in a shameful or unbecoming way.
Where else “aschēmonein” appearsvirgin
Virgin: a young woman who has not had relations with a man; also, of men, one who has kept himself pure.
Where else “parthenon” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēi” appearspast one's prime
Past one's prime, beyond the bloom of youth.
Where else “hyperakmos” appearsought
To be under obligation to do something.
Where else “opheilei” appearshappen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “ginesthai” appearsdo
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poieitō” appearswant
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelei” appearssin
Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.
Where else “hamartanei” appearsmarry
Marry.
Where else “gameitōsan” appears“His virgin” can be understood as his fiancée or as his unmarried daughter (compare 7:38, “the one who gives his own virgin in marriage”). The verb of “past her prime” has no expressed subject: it can refer to her or to the man.
35Now I say this for your own benefit, not to put a noose on you, but for what is fitting and for constant devotion to the Lord without distraction.
36 · This verse (above)
37But whoever stands firm in his heart, not having necessity, but has authority over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, will do well.
