1 Corinthians 7:9 — text, Greek, lexicon

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Mais s'ils manquent de continence, qu'ils se marient; car il vaut mieux se marier que de brûler.

KJV

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

Fulgentius of Ruspe
On Faith
w 19:12); and about marriage it is said: "But if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry" (1 Corinthians 7:9). In one, virtue is encouraged, in the other, weakness is remedied. Therefore, since illness must always be considered, if someone is first deprived of marriage…
Fulgentius of Ruspe
On Faith
w 19:12); and about marriage it is said: "But if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry" (1 Corinthians 7:9). In one, virtue is encouraged, in the other, weakness is remedied. Therefore, since illness must always be considered, if someone is first deprived of m…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
om a greater sensuous pleasure. Now the greatest sensuous pleasure is in fornication, for a gloss on 1 Cor. 7:9 says that the "flame of sensuous pleasure is most fierce in lust." Therefore it seems that fornication is the gravest of sins. Objection 2: Further, a sin is the more g…

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