9 But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.
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.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἐγκρατεύονται, γαμησάτωσαν· κρεῖσσον γάρ ἐστι γαμῆσαι ἢ πυροῦσθαι.
Εἰ
δὲ
οὐκ
ἐγκρατεύονται
- Lemma
- egkrateuontai
- Transliteration
- egkrateuontai
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1467
- Occurrences
- 1
γαμησάτωσαν
- Lemma
- gamhsatwsan
- Transliteration
- gamhsatwsan
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist active imperative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1060
- Occurrences
- 1
κρεῖσσον
γάρ
ἐστι
γαμῆσαι
ἢ
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.
ἐγκρατεύονται
- Lemma
- ἐγκρατεύομαι
- Morphology
- V-PNI-3P
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G1467
- Occurrences
- 2
ἐστιν
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
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.
- Lemma
- ܡܣܝܒܪܝܢ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܢܙܕܘܓܘܢ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܠܡܣܒ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܐܢܬܬܐ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܕܠܡܐܩܕ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܒܪܓܬܐ
- Transliteration
- brgt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 3
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.
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
- Lemma
- contineo
- 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 votes1 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 votes1 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 votes1 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 votes1 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 votes1 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