1Cor 7:9, 1Ti 6:1, Tit 2:8 | ISV | STEP | However, if they cannot control themselves, they should get married, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

1 Corinthians 7:9

9 However, if they cannot control themselves, they should get married, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks with passion}1Tim 5:14

1 Timothy 6:1

1 Duties of Servants and Masters

All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as deserving of the highest respect, ^{▼▼Or of full honor} so that the name of God and our teaching may not be discredited. ^{▼▼Or slandered}Isa 52:5; Rom 2:24; Eph 6:5; Col 3:22; Titus 2:5, 8-9; 1Pet 2:18

Titus 2:8

8 Use wholesome speech that cannot be condemned. Then any opponent will be ashamed because he cannot say anything bad about us.Neh 5:9; 2Thes 3:14; 1Tim 5:14; 6:3; 1Pet 2:12, 15; 3:16