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


In Context

6 But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.

7 For I would that all men were even as myself: but every one hath his proper gift from God; one after this manner, and another after that.

8 But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.

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

10 But to them that are married, not I but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her husband.

11 And if she depart, that she remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9But if they have not control over themselves, 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.