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Butδὲifεἰthey do notοὐκhave self-control,ἐγκρατεύονταιlet them marry;γαμησάτωσανforγάρit isἐστινbetterκρεῖττονto marryγαμῆσαιthanἢto burn.πυροῦσθαι
1 Corinthians 7:9
Study it in the app“But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 7:9, word by word
- have self-controlἐγκρατεύονταιenkrateuontai
exercise self-control
Exercise self-control, hold oneself in.
Where else “enkrateuontai” appears- let them marryγαμησάτωσανgamēsatōsan
marry
Marry.
Where else “gamēsatōsan” appears- it isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- betterκρεῖττονkreitton
better
Better; more useful or more excellent.
Where else “kreitton” appears- to burnπυροῦσθαιpyrousthai
burn within
Be inflamed inside: with desire or with grief.
Where else “pyrousthai” appears
Translation note
“To burn”: to burn with desire.
The context
8So I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they remain as I am.
9 · This verse (above)
10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): a wife is not to separate from her husband