Catholic Public Domain Version
"But if they cannot restrain themselves, they should marry. For it is better to marry, than to be burned."
— 1 Corinthians 7:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.”
“But if they have not continency, 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 I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.
For I would prefer it if you were all like myself. But each person has his proper gift from God: one in this way, yet another in that way.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am.
But if they cannot restrain themselves, they should marry. For it is better to marry, than to be burned.
But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband.
But if she has separated from him, she must remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.
Concerning the rest, I am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.