1 Corinthians 7:9
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
- KJV
- But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
- WEB
- But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
- ASV
- But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
- DARBY
- But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
- BLB
- But if they do not have self-control, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.
- ÅB
- men kan de ikke være avholdende, da la dem gifte seg! for det er bedre å gifte seg enn å lide brynde.
- OTB
- Men hvis de ikke kan utøve selvkontroll, bør de gifte seg; for det er bedre å gifte seg enn å bli fortært av lidenskap.
- B1930
- men kan de ikke være avholdende, da la dem gifte sig! for det er bedre å gifte sig enn å lide brynde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:14
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:11
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:28
But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:36
But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:39
The 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.
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