1 Corinthians 7:9

The Passion Translation

But if you have no power over your passions, then you should go ahead and marry, for marriage is far better than a continual battle with lust.

Cross References

Acts 19:36

Since no one can deny it, you should all just be quiet. Calm down and don’t do anything hasty.

1 Corinthians 7:2

Perhaps. But because of the danger of immorality, each husband should have sexual intimacy with his wife and each wife should have sexual intimacy with her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you do get married, you haven’t sinned. It’s just that I would want to spare you the problems you’ll face with the extra challenges of being married.

1 Corinthians 7:36

However, if a man has decided to serve God as a single person, yet changes his mind and finds himself in love with a woman, although he never intended to marry, let him go ahead and marry her; it is not a sin to do so.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound by the marriage covenant as long as her husband is living. But if the husband dies, she is free to marry again as she desires—but, of course, he should be a believer in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

Yes, each of you must guard your sexual purity with holiness and dignity,

1 Timothy 5:11

But you need not concern yourself with the younger widows, for some will depart from the Messiah because of their desire to remarry.

1 Timothy 5:14

For this reason, teach the younger women to remarry and bear children and care for their household. This will keep them from giving our adversary a reason to gloat.