KJV:
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
NASB:
But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
KJV:
So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
NASB:
So then both he who gives his own virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
KJV:
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
NASB:
But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
KJV:
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
NASB:
But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better;
KJV:
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
NASB:
having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.
KJV:
But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
NASB:
But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.
KJV:
And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
NASB:
But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
KJV:
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
NASB:
(for the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
KJV:
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
NASB:
so much the more also Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
KJV:
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
NASB:
But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.