1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they have not self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
In Context
8And I say to the unmarried and the widows, it is good for them if they remain as I also am.
10And the married not I command, but the Lord, that the wife depart not from the husband.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:28But if also thou marry, thou sinnedst not; and if a virgin marry, she sinned not. But such shall have affliction in the flesh; but I spare you[7:28].
1 Corinthians 7:39A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:14I desire therefore that younger widows marry, bear children, guide the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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 →