Parallel Verses
King James 2000
But if they cannot have self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
New American Standard Bible
But if they do not have self-control,
King James Version
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Holman Bible
But if they do not have self-control,
International Standard Version
However, if they cannot control themselves, they should get married, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
A Conservative Version
But if they have no self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.
American Standard Version
But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Amplified
But if they do not have [sufficient] self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
An Understandable Version
But if they cannot control their [sexual] desires, they should get married, for it is better [for them] to marry than to burn [i.e., with sexual lust which cannot be legitimately gratified].
Anderson New Testament
But if they can not be continent, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
Bible in Basic English
But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.
Common New Testament
But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but if they have not the gift, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to be in pain.
Darby Translation
But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
Godbey New Testament
but if they do not contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Goodspeed New Testament
But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be on fire with passion.
John Wesley New Testament
But if they have not power over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
Julia Smith Translation
And if they have not self command, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to be set on fire.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn [with sexual desire].
Modern King James verseion
But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but and if they cannot abstain, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn.
Moffatt New Testament
Still, if they cannot restrain themselves, let them marry. Better marry than be aflame with passion!
Montgomery New Testament
If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.
NET Bible
But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.
New Heart English Bible
But if they do not have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.
Noyes New Testament
but if they cannot control themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
Sawyer New Testament
but if they have not self-control, let them marry; it is better to marry than to be incontinent.
The Emphasized Bible
But, if they have not self-control, let them marry, for, better, is it, to marry than to burn.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But if they have not the gift of continence, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But, if they cannot control themselves, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.
Webster
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Weymouth New Testament
If, however, they cannot maintain self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.
Williams New Testament
But if they do not practice self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burning in the fire of passion.
World English Bible
But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.
Worrell New Testament
But, if they have not continency let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.
Worsley New Testament
But if they have not the gift of continence, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with lust.
Youngs Literal Translation
and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
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A Word To The Unmarried
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they cannot have self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
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1 Timothy 5:14
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:28
But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she has 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 behaves himself improperly toward his virgin, if she pass the prime of her age, and need so require, let him do what he desires, he sins not: let them marry.
1 Corinthians 7:39
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:11
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they will marry;