1 Corinthians 7:9 · KJV
"But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn."
King James Version
What does 1 Corinthians 7:9 mean? →Passage Context
7For 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.
8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
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