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


In Context

6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

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.

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 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 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 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.