1 Corinthians
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1 Corinthians 7

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9 But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Corinthians 7:9. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 47
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

Εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἐγκρατεύονται, γαμησάτωσαν· κρεῖσσον γάρ ἐστι γαμῆσαι ἢ πυροῦσθαι.

11 word entries
Εἰ
Lemma
ei
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
Greek: conditional particle
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
596
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
οὐκ
Lemma
ouk
Transliteration
ouk
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
840
ἐγκρατεύονται
Transliteration
egkrateuontai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1467
Occurrences
1
γαμησάτωσαν
Transliteration
gamhsatwsan
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1060
Occurrences
1
κρεῖσσον
Transliteration
kreisson
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G2908
Occurrences
3
γάρ
Lemma
gar
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1068
ἐστι
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
γαμῆσαι
Lemma
gamhsai
Transliteration
gamhsai
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1060
Occurrences
2
Lemma
h
Transliteration
h
Morphology
Greek: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G2228
Occurrences
1450
πυροῦσθαι
Transliteration
purousqai
Morphology
Greek: verb present passive infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4448
Occurrences
1
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἐγκρατεύονται γαμησάτωσαν· κρεῖττον γάρ ἐστιν γαμεῖν ἢ πυροῦσθαι.

11 word entries
εἰ
Lemma
εἰ
Morphology
COND
Part of Speech
COND
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
491
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
οὐκ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
ἐγκρατεύονται
Morphology
V-PNI-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1467
Occurrences
2
γαμησάτωσαν·
Morphology
V-AAM-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1060
Occurrences
28
κρεῖττον
Morphology
A-NSN-C
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G2909
Occurrences
13
γάρ
Lemma
γάρ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1036
ἐστιν
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
γαμεῖν
Morphology
V-PAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1060
Occurrences
28
Lemma
Morphology
PRT
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G2228
Occurrences
346
πυροῦσθαι.
Morphology
V-PPN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4448
Occurrences
6
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: New Testament

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܐܢ ܠܐ ܕܝܢ ܡܣܝܒܪܝܢ ܢܙܕܘܓܘܢ ܦܩܚ ܓܝܪ ܠܡܣܒ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܛܒ ܡܢ ܕܠܡܐܩܕ ܒܪܓܬܐ

13 word entries
ܐܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܢ
Transliteration
'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
417
ܠܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
1681
ܕܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܕܝܢ
Transliteration
dyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1830
ܡܣܝܒܪܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
msybryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
8
ܢܙܕܘܓܘܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
nzdwgwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
1
ܦܩܚ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܦܩܚ
Transliteration
pqh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
19
ܓܝܪ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܓܝܪ
Transliteration
gyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1085
ܠܡܣܒ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lmsb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
14
ܐܢܬܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'ntt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
101
ܛܒ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܛܒ
Transliteration
tb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
43
ܡܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2166
ܕܠܡܐܩܕ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dlm'qd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܒܪܓܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
brgt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
3
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Quod si non se continent, nubant. Melius est enim nubere, quam uri.

12 word entries
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quod
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1241
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
se
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sui
Transliteration
se
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1317
continent
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
continent
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
51
nubant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nubo
Transliteration
nubant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
26
melius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bonus
Transliteration
melius
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
847
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
nubere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nubo
Transliteration
nubere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
26
quam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quam
Transliteration
quam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
426
uri
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uro
Transliteration
uri
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
32

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

9 relevance votes

1 Timothy 5:14

So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

9 relevance votes

1 Timothy 5:11

But to the younger widows say No: for when their love is turned away from Christ, they have a desire to be married;

8 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 7:28

If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.

3 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 7:39

It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

2 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 7:36

But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

2 relevance votes
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