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


In Context

6 But I speak this by permission, and not as a commandment.

7 For I would that all men were as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift from 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 remain even as I.

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

10 And to the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

11 But if she shall 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 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 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 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.