1st Corinthians Chapter 7 verse 9 Holy Bible
But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.
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But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
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But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.
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and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - If they cannot contain; rather, if they have not continency. Let them marry. In 1 Timothy 5:14 he lays down and justifies the same rule with reference to young widows. It is better to marry than to burn. The original tenses give greater force and beauty to this obvious rule of Christian common sense and morality. The "marry" is in the aorist - "to marry once for all," and live in holy married union; the "burn" is in the present - "to be on fire with concupiscence." Marriage once for all is better than continuous lust; the former is permitted, the latter sinful.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) It is better . . .--Because to be influenced with unlawful desire is a sin, and to marry is no sin.
