9But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.


In Context

6 But this I say, as consenting to, not as commanding it.

7 Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God: one man thus, and another thus.

8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.

9 But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

10 But to the married I enjoin, not I, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;

11 (but if also she shall have been separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband;) and let not husband leave wife.

1 Corinthians 7:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:9But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:9But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:9But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:9But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9and if they have not continence — let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.