1 Corinthians 7:9
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
In context
7 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
8 Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
9 But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:9 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
- KJV King James Version
- But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
- WEB World English Bible
- But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and if they have not continence — let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
- DBY Darby Translation
- But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.