1 Corinthians 7:9

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

1 Timothy 5:11

But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman[8] marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.

1 Corinthians 7:39

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

1 Corinthians 7:36

If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed,[9] if his[10] passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry -- it is no sin.

Acts 19:36

Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

that each one of you know how to control his own body[4] in holiness and honor,