1 Corinthians Chapter 7, Verse 9
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9: ει δε ουκ εγκρατευονται γαμησατωσαν κρεισσον γαρ εστιν γαμησαι η πυρουσθαι
9: But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better
to marry than to burn.
9: But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is
better to marry than to be burnt.
But if they cannot contain. If they have not the gift of continence; if they cannot be secure against temptation; if they have not strength of virtue enough to preserve them from the danger of sin, and of bringing reproach and scandal on the church.
It is better. It is to be preferred.
Than to burn. The passion here referred to is often compared to a fire. See Virgil AEn. iv. 68. It is better to marry, even with all the inconveniences attending the marriage life in a time of distress and persecution in the church, 1Cor 7:26, than to be the prey of raging, consuming, and exciting passions.
