1 Corinthians 7:9
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.”
πυρόω
to kindle, i.e. (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust)
ἐγκρατεύομαι
they have self-control,
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ἐγκρατεύομαι
to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity)
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κρεῖσσον
better
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κρεῖσσον
(as noun) better, i.e. greater advantage
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ἤ
than
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ἤ
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
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εἰμί
it is
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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εἰ
If
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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γαμέω
they should marry;
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γαμέω
to wed (of either sex)
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