In 1 Corinthians 7:36-38, the Apostle Paul addresses a question regarding a man and "his virgin." While the debate continues about whether the man in question is the father or a betrothed fiancé, the context and language steer the meaning toward a father and his virgin daughter. Paul's inspired guidance is that whether the father chooses "to give" his daughter in marriage, or whether he keeps her from marriage, in either case, he does well. The implication is that the father has authority over the marriage of his daughter in the if, who and when. This implication begs the question, then, about how much authority a father had over his daughter in Paul's day and whether that authority has changed today in Christian families. While there is not a lot taught about this issue directly in Scripture, especially in the New Testament, there is enough Biblical substance to say that God's structure of familial authority has not changed from Paul's day to ours.