1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
In Context
8But I say to the unmarried, and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:28But if thou take a wife, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: nevertheless, such shall have tribulation of the flesh. But I spare you.
1 Corinthians 7:39A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband die, she is at liberty: let her marry to whom she will; only in the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:14I will therefore that the younger should marry, bear children, be mistresses of families, give no occasion to the adversary to speak evil.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:2-10
Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except… Read the whole commentary →