1 Corinthians 7:9
King James Version (KJV)
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
In context
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:9 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is 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.