1 Corinthians 7:9

Tree of Life Version

But if they do not have self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with desire.

Cross References

Acts 19:36

Since these things are undeniable, you must be calm and do nothing reckless.

1 Corinthians 7:2

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

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such people will have trouble in this fleshly life, and I am trying to spare you.

1 Corinthians 7:36

But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if the time is ripe and it is meant to be, let him do what he decides. He does not sin. Let them marry.

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 anyone she wishes—only in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

to know, each of you, how to gain control over his own body in holiness and honor—

1 Timothy 5:11

But refuse younger widows; for when their sensual desires draw them away from the Messiah, they want to get married—

1 Timothy 5:14

Therefore, I want the younger widows to get married, have children, manage a household, and give no opportunity to the enemy for slander.