1 Corinthians 7:9
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But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
In other translations
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
Greek words
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Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 7:2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
- 1 Timothy 5:14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- 1 Timothy 5:11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,
- 1 Corinthians 7:28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
- 1 Corinthians 7:39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 7:36But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
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