1 Corinthians 7:2,9
1 Corinthians 7:2-6 The Message (MSG)
Certainly—but only within a certain context. It’s good for a man to have a wife, and for a woman to have a husband. Sexual drives are strong, but marriage is strong enough to contain them and provide for a balanced and fulfilling sexual life in a world of sexual disorder. The marriage bed must be a place of mutuality—the husband seeking to satisfy his wife, the wife seeking to satisfy her husband. Marriage is not a place to “stand up for your rights.” Marriage is a decision to serve the other, whether in bed or out. Abstaining from sex is permissible for a period of time if you both agree to it, and if it’s for the purposes of prayer and fasting—but only for such times. Then come back together again. Satan has an ingenious way of tempting us when we least expect it. I’m not, understand, commanding these periods of abstinence—only providing my best counsel if you should choose them.
1 Corinthians 7:8-9 The Message (MSG)
I do, though, tell the unmarried and widows that singleness might well be the best thing for them, as it has been for me. But if they can’t manage their desires and emotions, they should by all means go ahead and get married. The difficulties of marriage are preferable by far to a sexually tortured life as a single.
1 Corinthians 7:2 King James Version (KJV)
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:9 King James Version (KJV)
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
1 Corinthians 7:2 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:9 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
1 Corinthians 7:2 New Century Version (NCV)
But because sexual sin is a danger, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:9 New Century Version (NCV)
But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry. It is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.
1 Corinthians 7:2 American Standard Version (ASV)
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:9 American Standard Version (ASV)
But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
1 Corinthians 7:2 New International Version (NIV)
But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:9 New International Version (NIV)
But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
1 Corinthians 7:2 New King James Version (NKJV)
Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
I Corinthians 7:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
1 Corinthians 7:2 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But because of [the temptation to participate in] sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But if they do not have [sufficient] self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
1 Corinthians 7:2 New Living Translation (NLT)
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:9 New Living Translation (NLT)
But if they can’t control themselves, they should go ahead and marry. It’s better to marry than to burn with lust.
1 Corinthians 7:2 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Perhaps. But because of the danger of immorality, each husband should have sexual intimacy with his wife and each wife should have sexual intimacy with her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:9 The Passion Translation (TPT)
But if you have no power over your passions, then you should go ahead and marry, for marriage is far better than a continual battle with lust.