1 Corinthians 7:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Acts 19:36

Therefore, since these things are not able to be contradicted, it is necessary for you to be calm and to do nothing rash.

1 Corinthians 7:2

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

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you take a wife, you have not sinned. And if a virgin has married, she has not sinned. Even so, such as these will have the tribulation of the flesh. But I would spare you from this.

1 Corinthians 7:36

But if any man considers himself to seem dishonorable, concerning a virgin who is of adult age, and so it ought to be, he may do as he wills. If he marries her, he does not sin.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A woman is bound under the law for as long as her husband lives. But if her husband has died, she is free. She may marry whomever she wishes, but only in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

that each one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,

1 Timothy 5:11

But avoid the younger widows. For once they have flourished in Christ, they will want to marry,

1 Timothy 5:14

Therefore, I want the younger women to marry, to procreate children, to be mothers of families, to provide no ready opportunity for the adversary to speak evil.