Seeing then that these things can't be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.
1 Corinthians 7:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Seeing then that these things can't be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn't sin. Let them marry.
A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only in the Lord.
that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Messiah, they desire to marry;
I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling.