Bible verse
But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
1 Corinthians 7:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 7.
5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
8 Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
9 But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
13 And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
KJV
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
ASV
But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
ERV
But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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