1 Corinthians 7:9 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁹ But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ But if they have not self-control (restraint of their passions), they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame [with passion and tortured continually with ungratified desire].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Common English Bible

⁹ But if they can’t control themselves, they should get married, because it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ But if they cannot restrain themselves, they should marry. For it is better to marry, than to be burned.

1 Corinthians 7:9 Cross References

Acts 19:36

Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you must keep calm and not do anything rash.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of the cases of fornication, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:28

But even if yoʋ do marry, yoʋ have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will have tribulation in the flesh, and I am trying to spare you.

1 Corinthians 7:36

Now if any man thinks that he is acting improperly toward his virgin daughter by not letting her marry, if she is past the bloom of her youth and it seems necessary to do so, he should do what he wants. He is not sinning by letting her get married.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound by the law to her husband for as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wishes, but only in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

and that each of you know how to control your own body in holiness and honor,

1 Timothy 5:11

But reject younger widows, for when their sensual desires draw them away from Christ, they wish to marry,

1 Timothy 5:14

So I advise the younger widows to marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no opportunity to revile us.