"But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn." — 1 Corinthians 7:9

1 Corinthians 7:9 · KJV

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

— 1 Corinthians 7:9

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

And unto the married I command, {yet} not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from {her} husband:

1 Corinthians 7 — Context

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.

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.

And unto the married I command, {yet} not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from {her} husband:

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to {her} husband: and let not the husband put away {his} wife.

Cross References

1 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. {to speak...: Gr. for their railing}

1 Corinthians 7:2

Nevertheless, {to avoid} fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

1 Timothy 5:11

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

1 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.

1 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.

1 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.