1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Context
This verse from 1 Corinthians Chapter 7 connects to 6 cross-references. Paul addresses questions about marriage and celibacy: it is good not to marry but because of sexual immorality each man should have his own wife. The husband and wife should not deprive one another except by mutual consent. To the …
Other Translations
But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
and if they have not continence--let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.
Cross References
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such …
But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her …
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she …
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to …