1 Corinthians 7:9 BSB

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐγκρατεύονται,	egkrateuontai	they have self-control,	G1467 →
γαμησάτωσαν·	gamēsatōsan	they should marry;	G1060 →
κρεῖττον	kreitton	better	G2908 →
γάρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐστιν	estin	it is	G1510 →
γαμῆσαι	gamēsai	to marry	G1060 →
ἢ	ē	than	G2228 →
πυροῦσθαι.¶	purousthai	to burn with passion.	G4448 →

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1 Corinthians 7:2
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
leads to
- Ephesians 5:28
  In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- Ephesians 5:33
  Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- Proverbs 18:22
  He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
- Proverbs 5:18–19
  May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
- 1 Corinthians 6:18
  Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
Through
1 Corinthians 7:39
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
leads to
- Romans 7:2–3
  For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14–16
  Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
Through
1 Timothy 5:14
So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
leads to
- Titus 2:5
  to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Corinthians 7:2But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.1 Thessalonians 4:4each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,1 Timothy 5:11But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,1 Corinthians 7:28But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.2 Timothy 3:3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,1 Corinthians 7:39A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.1 Corinthians 7:36However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

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