Since these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash.
1 Corinthians 7:9 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional But if they are not practicing self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
Since these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash.
But because of cases of sexual 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 virgin marries, she does not sin. Yet those who marry will experience distress in this life, and I would spare you that.
If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his fiancée, if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, let him marry as he wishes; it is no sin. Let them marry.
A wife is bound as long as her husband lives. But if the husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.
that each one of you know how to control your own body in holiness and honor,
But refuse to put younger widows on the list; for when their sensual desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry,
So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us.