1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they have not the gift of continence, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with lust.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
In Context
8Now to the unmarried and widows I say, it is good for them to continue so, as I do.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:28Though, if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned: such however will probably have more trouble in life: but I spare you.
1 Corinthians 7:39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: 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 would therefore have the younger widows marry, bear children, manage houshold affairs, and give no occasion to the adversary for reproach.
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 →