1 Corinthians 7:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 7:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 7:9 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 7:9 — KJV
“But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.”
— 1 Corinthians 7:9 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 7:9 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 7:9
“Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:9: let, better, than
“And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:9: better, than, burn
“But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:9: cannot, contain, burn
“If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. If it...: Heb. If it be good with the king unto...: Heb. unto her companion from him: Heb. from before him be not...: Heb. pass not away”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:9: let, better, than
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:9: let, better, than
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