1 Corinthians 7:9

WEB

⁹But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.

KJV

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

BSB

⁹But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

FBV

⁹But if they lack self-control, then they should get married—for it is better to marry than burn with desire.

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Extra References

1 Timothy 5:14

¹⁴I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

1 Corinthians 7:2

²But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

1 Timothy 5:11

¹¹But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

1 Corinthians 7:28

²⁸But 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.

³⁶But 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.

1 Corinthians 7:39

³⁹A 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 whomever she desires, only in the Lord.