1 Corinthians 7:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ but if they do not have self-control, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.

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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, if these matters are undeniable, you need to be calm, and do not act rashly.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of whoring, let each one have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:28

But even if you should marry, you have not sinned. And if a maiden should marry, she has not sinned. But such shall have pressure in the flesh, but I would spare you.

1 Corinthians 7:36

And if anyone thinks he is behaving improperly toward his maiden, if she is past the flower of her youth, and so it should be, let him do what he desires, he does not sin – let them marry.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound by Torah as long as her husband lives, and if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Master.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

that each one of you should know how to possess his own vessel in set-apartness and respect,

1 Timothy 5:11

But refuse the younger widows, for when they become headstrong against the Messiah, they desire to marry,

1 Timothy 5:14

So I resolve that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, giving no occasion to the adversary for reviling.