American Standard Version
"But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. "
— 1 Corinthians 7:9, American Standard Version
“But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.”
“But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.”
“But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.”
“But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.”
“But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.”
“But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.”
But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband
(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.
But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.