1 Corinthians 7:9
World English Bible (WEB)
But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
In context
7 Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
9 But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:9 in every translation
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
- 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.