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1 Corinthians 7:9

Moreover, if they-are_not_mastering/controlling-selves: marry, for it-is-being more-mastering/controlling[adjective] to-marry than to-be-being-inflamed.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Moreover, I-am-saying to{the[plural] without-marriages} and to{the widows}, good to{same} if-supposing they-may-stay as also-I.

10Moreover, to{the[plural] having-married}, I-am-messaging-aside, not I, contrariwise the Lord, woman from of{man} not to-be-separated.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:28Moreover, and if-supposing you-may-marry, you-do_not_sin, and if-supposing the virgin may-marry, she-does_not_sin; moreover, the to-which-the-same[plural] will-have pressure/constriction/oppression to{the flesh}. Moreover, of{you} I am-sparing.

1 Corinthians 7:39[A] woman has-been-bound to{law} upon as-much time the man of{same[feminine]} is-being-alive; moreover, if-supposing the man of{same[feminine]} may-be-slept[i.e. die], she-is-being emancipated/liberated/released/free[adjective] to{whom} she-is-will-ing to-be-married only in to{[the] Lord}.

1 Timothy 5:14So, I-am-intending younger[feminine] to-be-marrying, to-be-offspring-becoming[i.e. offspring-bearing], to-be-house-ruling, to-be-giving not-one impetus/impulse/initiative-off/away to{the being-lain-opposed} in-favor-of of{insult-ia},

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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