Devine Scripture

1 Corinthians 7:9

1 Corinthians chapter 7 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

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

v.9This passage

v.10But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:28

    But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

  • 1 Timothy 5:14

    I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

  • 1 Corinthians 7:36

    But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin daughter, if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:39

    A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:2

    But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

  • 1 Timothy 5:11

    But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;