Study it in the app“But 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.”
Butδὲwhoeverὃςstandsἕστηκενfirmἑδραῖοςinἐνhisαὐτοῦheart,τῇ καρδίᾳnotμὴhavingἔχωνnecessity,ἀνάγκηνbutδὲhasἔχειauthorityἐξουσίανoverπερὶhis ownτοῦ ἰδίουwill,θελήματοςandκαὶhas decidedκέκρικενthisτοῦτοinἐνhis ownτῇ ἰδίᾳheart,καρδίᾳto keepτηρεῖνhis ownτὴν ἑαυτοῦvirgin,παρθένονwill doποιήσειwell.καλῶς
stand
To stay upright on one's feet, or hold out without falling.
Where else “hestēken” appearsfirm, steadfast
Firm; settled, not moving.
Where else “hedraios” appearsheart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardiai” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echōn” appearsnecessity
Something that cannot be avoided.
Where else “anankēn” appearsright
The freedom to do something, which one is entitled to.
Where else “exousian” appearsown
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idiou” appearswill
Will: what someone wants and decides.
Where else “thelēmatos” appearsdecide
To make up one's mind, or think something is so.
Where else “kekriken” appearskeep
To obey what is commanded.
Where else “tērein” 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” appearsdo
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsei” appearswell
Well, rightly.
Where else “kalōs” appears36But 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.
37 · This verse (above)
38So then the one who gives in marriage his own virgin does well, and the one who does not give her in marriage will do better.
