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1 Corinthians 7:9 — King James Version← Study notes

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.


1 Corinthians 7:9Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 7:911 words
GreekMeaning
εἰei
IfwordG1487
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἐγκρατεύονταιenkrateuontai
they have self-controlverbG1467
γαμησάτωσανgamēsatōsan
they should marryverbG1060
κρεῖττονkreitton
best, betteradjectiveG2909
γάρgar
forwordG1063
ἐστινestin
it isverbG1510
γαμῆσαιgamēsai
marry (a wife)verbG1060
ē
thanwordG2228
πυροῦσθαιpyrousthai
betterverbG2908
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 7:9

“Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent.” What then can this mean? “Let not the wife,” says he, “exercise continence, if the husband be unwilling; nor yet the husband without the wife's consent.” Why so? Because great evils spring from this sort of continence. For adulteries and fornications and the ruin of families have often arisen from hence. For if when men have their own wives they commit fornication, much more if you defraud them of this consolation. And…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 19 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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