1 Corinthians 7:9 - English Standard Version 2016

⁹ 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

⁹ But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Common English Bible

⁹ 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

⁹ 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

⁹ 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.