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1 Corinthians 7:9

American Standard Version

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

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1 Corinthians 7:9 in other translations

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

1 Corinthians 7:9 · World English Bible

1 Corinthians 7:9 in context

  1. 7Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.
  2. 8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
  3. 9But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
  4. 10But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband
  5. 11(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.