1 Corinthians 7:9

But, if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

8My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be good for them to remain as I am myself.

10To those who are married my direction is – yet it is not mine, but the Master’s – that a woman is not to leave her husband

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:28Still, if you should marry, that is not wrong; nor, if a young woman marries, is that wrong. But those who marry will have much trouble to bear, and my wish is to spare you.

1 Corinthians 7:39A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but, if the husband should pass to his rest, the widow is free to marry anyone she wishes, provided he is a believer.

1 Timothy 5:14Therefore I advise young widows to marry, bear children, and attend to their homes, and so avoid giving the enemy an opportunity for scandal.

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 →

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