1co 7:36-37 virgins

This work comes from comments from the reader, though not in the
direction he was expecting to go.
Strong passions seem to be less in view than the fiancée’s age (NIGTC),
so the passion alternative belongs in a note, as does the question
whether the man spoken of is the fiancé or the father of the virgin and
the referent of the "it" that "must be so." I have also made more
explicit the four requirements Paul sets out for the marriage not to
take place. Whether they can be combined as idioms is for the UDB and
the notes. I have followed NIGTC in rendering "keep his own virgin" as
(a variation of) "respect her virginity."

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 \v 35 I say this for your own benefit, and not to put any constraint on you. I say this for what is right, so that you may be devoted to the Lord without any distraction. 
 
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-\v 36 But if anyone thinks that he is not treating his fiancée with respect because his passions are too strong, let him marry her as he wishes. It is not a sin. 
-\v 37 But if he has made a decision not to marry, and there is no sense of urgency, and if he can control his passions, he will do well if he does not marry her.
+\v 36 But if anyone thinks that he is not treating his fiancée with respect—if she is beyond the age of marriage and it must be so—he should do what he wants. He is not sinning. They should marry. 
+\v 37 But if he is standing firm in his heart, if  he is not under pressure but can control his own will, and if he has decided in his own heart to do this, to keep his own fiancée a virgin, he will do well.
 \v 38 So the one who marries his fiancée does well, and the one who chooses not to marry will do even better. 
 
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