◄ 1 Corinthians 7:9 ►
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Good News Translation
But if you cannot restrain your desires, go ahead and marry--it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

New Revised Standard Version
But if they are not practicing self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion.

Contemporary English Version
But if you don't have enough self-control, then go ahead and get married. After all, it is better to marry than to burn with desire.

New American Bible
but if they cannot exercise self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be on fire.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.

let.

1 Corinthians 7:2,28,36,39 But for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife: and let every woman have her own husband. . . .

1 Timothy 5:11,14 But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry: . . .

Context
Principles of Marriage
…8But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I. 9But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt. 10But to them that are married, not I, but the Lord, commandeth that the wife depart not from her husband.…
Cross References
Acts 19:36
For as much therefore as these things cannot be contradicted, you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rashly.

1 Thessalonians 4:4
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour,

1 Timothy 5:14
I will, therefore, that the younger should marry, bear children, be mistresses of families, give no occasion to the adversary to speak evil.

1 Corinthians 7:8
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