1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
American Standard Version
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 widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:28But 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 Corinthians 7:39A 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 Timothy 5:14I desire therefore that the younger [widows] marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:
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 →