Seeing then that these things cannot be contradicted, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash.
1 Corinthians 7:9 - Revised Standard Version But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion. 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 cannot be contradicted, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash.
But because of the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a girl marries she does not sin. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.
If any one 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.
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If the husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
that each one of you know how to take a wife for himself in holiness and honor,
But refuse to enrol younger widows; for when they grow wanton against Christ they desire to marry,
So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, rule their households, and give the enemy no occasion to revile us.