1 Corinthians 7:9

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But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 Therefore, I desire that younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.
  • 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:28 : 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
  • 1 Cor 7:39 : 39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.
  • 1 Tim 5:11 : 11 But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their physical desires draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry,
  • 1 Cor 7:36 : 36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are strong and he feels it must be so, let him do as he wants. He is not sinning; they should marry.

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  • 1 Cor 7:1-8
    8 verses
    83%

    1 Now concerning the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2 But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

    3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

    4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

    5 Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

    6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.

    7 I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

    8 To the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to remain as I am.

  • 1 Cor 7:32-40
    9 verses
    79%

    32 I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord.

    33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife.

    34 And his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs. Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband.

    35 I am saying this for your benefit, not to restrict you, but so that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

    36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are strong and he feels it must be so, let him do as he wants. He is not sinning; they should marry.

    37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing.

    38 So then, the one who marries the virgin does right, but the one who does not marry her does better.

    39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.

    40 Yet in my opinion, she is happier if she remains as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:24-29
    6 verses
    79%

    24 Brothers and sisters, each one should remain with God in the condition they were in when called.

    25 Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who, by the Lord’s mercy, is trustworthy.

    26 Because of the present distress, I think it is good for a person to remain as they are.

    27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

    28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

    29 This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as if they do not.

  • Matt 19:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.

    10 The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry."

  • 1 Cor 7:10-13
    4 verses
    76%

    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 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 any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

    13 And if a woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 For a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.

    3 Consequently, while her husband is still alive, she would be called an adulteress if she joins herself to another man; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so she would not be an adulteress by becoming another man’s wife.

  • Heb 13:4
    70%

    4 Marriage is to be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

  • Mark 10:7-9
    3 verses
    70%

    7 'For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,'

    8 'and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one.'

    9 'Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.'

  • 1 Tim 5:11
    69%

    11 But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their physical desires draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry,

  • Matt 19:6
    69%

    6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.

  • Deut 20:7
    69%

    7 If anyone is engaged to a woman but has not yet married her, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another man marry her.

  • Matt 22:25
    69%

    25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.

  • 1 Cor 7:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15 But if the unbeliever departs, let them do so. A brother or sister is not bound in such circumstances. God has called us to live in peace.

    16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

  • Mark 10:11
    68%

    11 He told them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.'

  • Luke 20:34-35
    2 verses
    68%

    34 Jesus replied to them, 'The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

    35 But those who are considered worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

  • Prov 6:27
    68%

    27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

  • 1 Cor 6:16
    68%

    16 Or do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

  • 1 Tim 5:9
    68%

    9 A widow should be enrolled only if she is at least sixty years old and has been faithful to one husband,

  • 1 Cor 6:18
    67%

    18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body.

  • Matt 5:31
    67%

    31 It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

  • Deut 24:1
    67%

    1 If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.