7:39a A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives.
A wife is joined/tied/united to her husband as long as he is alive.
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A married woman is obliged to remain her husband’s wife for his whole life.
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If a woman is married, the laws of marriage make her permanently married to her husband all his life.
7:39b But if her husband dies,
But if her husband dies,
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However, if it happens that he dies before she does,
7:39c she is free to marry anyone she wishes,
then it is all right for her to marry someone else if she wants to,
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she is released ⌊from that marriage⌋ and may get married again to any man she wants to.
7:39d as long as he belongs to the Lord.
as long as he is also a believer.
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But she should marry a Christian.
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