1 Corinthians 7:9 - English Standard Version 2016

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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)

But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Common English Bible

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

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.

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Acts 19:36

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

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 Corinthians 7:28

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

1 Corinthians 7:36

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

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 Thessalonians 4:4

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

1 Timothy 5:11

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

1 Timothy 5:14

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