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Verse 29. _THE TIME IS SHORT_] These persecutions and distresses are
at the door, and life itself will soon be run out. Even _then_ Nero
was plotting those grievous persecutions with which he not only...
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BUT THIS I SAY - Whether you are married or not, or in whatever
condition of life you may be, I would remind you that life hastens to
a close, and that its grand business is to be prepared to die. It...
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4. CONCERNING THE RELATIONSHIP OF MAN AND WOMAN
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The Single and the Married Life. (1 Corinthians 7:1)._
2. Separation and Divorce. (1 Corinthians 7:10).
3. Abiding in the Different Ca...
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Paul now passes to the case of virgins, on which the church had
invited his judgment. The section is one of peculiar difficulty. It is
generally thought that Paul is dealing with the relations of a fa...
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COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)...
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I think that this is the right thing because of the present crisis--
that it is the right thing for a man to remain as he is. Have you been
bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released from that bond....
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TIME. season.
SHORT. shortened, or contracted. Greek. _sustello_ Only here and Acts
5:6. Compare 1 John 2:18.
IT REMAINETH. as for the rest it is. See "besides" in 1 Corinthians
1:16.
though the
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_But this I say, brethren_ The conclusion of the whole matter. The
time is short, the world is passing away. In whatever condition a man
is, let him live in a constant state of readiness to abandon it...
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General Instructions Concerning the Marriage of Virgins
25. _virgins_ i.e. unmarried women. St Paul now returns to the
question of marriage. But before he enters upon the question of the
marriage of...
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ἘΣΤΙΝ ΤῸ ΛΟΙΠΌΝ אABD. Rec. places ἐστιν after
τὸ λοιπόν with E. Some MSS. and ancient versions have
ἐστιν in both places. The punctuation varies with different
editors. But there is early authority fo...
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE MARRIAGE OF VIRGINS....
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_CONCERNING BEING SINGLE OR REMARRIED 1 CORINTHIANS 7:25-40:_ The
present distress lead Paul to believe that being single was preferred
to marriage at that time. There was severe persecution and being...
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ΚΑΙΡΌΣ (G2540) время, период времени.
ΣΥΝΕΣΤΑΛΜΈΝΟΣ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΣΥΣΤΈΛΛΩ
(G4921) сводить вместе, ограничивать,
сокращать. Время сжалось, то есть его
стало мало (RP). _Perf. part._ в перифр...
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DISCOURSE: 1962
MODERATION IN THE USE OF EARTHLY THINGS INCULCATED
1 Corinthians 7:29. This I say, brethren, the time is short: it
remaineth, that both they that hare wives be as though they had none;...
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THE TIME IS SHORT— "Is _contracted_ within very narrow limits." The
word συνεσταλμενος properly imports this, being a
metaphor taken from _furling_ or _gathering up a sail._ The Apostle
probably said...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 3
The Pressures of Marriage (1 Corinthians 7:17-40)
17 Only, let every one lead the life which the Lord has assigned to
him, and in which God has called him. This is my rul...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Concerning the Unmarried_ (25-40)
_Commentary_
Now concerning virgins.Up to this point Paul has answered the
questions about the expediency of marriage and has given direction...
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But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both
they that have wives be as though they had none;
THIS I SAY - a summing up the practical inference from what precedes
(1 Corint...
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8 It is evident that the preceding concession is only a general rule,
not applicable to those not then married. Their relations are to be
regulated by mutual consideration, but the unmarried need to c...
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7:29 wives, (c-17) It may be translated 'for the rest [I say it], in
order that even they who have wives.'...
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_(A) ANSWER TO QUESTIONS ABOUT MARRIAGE_
The Corinthians had in their letter (1 Corinthians 7:1) asked St.
Paul's opinion on several points connectedwithmarriage. His language
in reply is guarded; he...
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THE TIME _is_ SHORT: IT REMAINETH, THAT, etc.] RV 'the time is
shortened that henceforth,' etc. The thought of the nearness of the
Lord's coming, when earthly things would pass away, should keep them...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 7
ADVICE ABOUT WHETHER TO MARRY 7:1-2
V1 But now I will deal with the matters that you wrote about. It is
good for a man not to marry. V2...
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BUT THIS I SAY, BRETHREN. — This does not introduce a reiteration of
what he has said already, but commences a solemn and affectionate
warning, urging on them earnestly that, whether they applied or d...
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CHAPTER 11
MARRIAGE
THERE are two preliminary considerations which throw some light on
this much-contested passage. First, Paul had to speak about marriage
as he found it, as it existed among those t...
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§ 23. ADVANTAGES OF THE SINGLE STATE. Paul's opinion had been asked
particularly, in this connexion, about the case of _marriageable
daughters_ (1 Corinthians 7:25): was it wise for fathers, as things...
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τοῦτο δέ φημι, ἀδελφοί, κ. τ. λ.: “This
moreover I assert, brethren: _The time is cut short_ ”. φημί, as
distinguished from λέγω, “marks the gravity and importance of
the statement” (El [1139]). Συνστ...
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COUNSEL FOR TIMES OF EMERGENCY
1 Corinthians 7:25
The _virgin_ here referred to is probably the young woman who was
engaged to be married, and the counsel is expressly defined to be
advice, and given...
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Certain difficulties had arisen in the Corinthian Church concerning
which they had sent inquiries to Paul. He now answers their questions.
These answers contain principles of permanent application.
Th...
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Is Celibacy Preferable To Marriage?
McGarvey thinks the third question must have been, "Is celibacy or
virginity perferable to marriage?" Paul was inspired in his judgment
(7:40; 14:37), so we can rel...
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But this I say, brethren, the time [is] (a) short: it remaineth, that
both they that have wives be as though they had none;
(a) For we are now in the latter end of the world....
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_The time is short, &c. Incomparable instructions to the end of this
chapter, which are not obscure. (Witham)_...
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“But this I mean, brethren, the time is henceforth limited, that
they even that have wives be as though they had none; 30. and they
that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though...
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In this third part of the chapter, the apostle discusses the question
of marriage as it relates to virgins (1 Corinthians 7:25-38), adding
at the end a word in regard to widows (1 Corinthians 7:39-40)...
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: The present state of things....
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(18) Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become
uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be
circumcised. (19) Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is
nothing, bu...
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As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle
give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle
speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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_‘BRIEF LIFE IS HERE OUR PORTION’_
‘The time is short.’
1 Corinthians 7:29
What are the practical conclusions the Apostle draws from this truth?
I. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.—Home influence is the sacred...
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29._Because the time is short_, etc. Again he discourses respecting
the holy use of marriage, for the purpose of repressing the wantonness
of those who, when they have married, think of nothing but th...
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The apostle proceeds by answering a question in connection with the
subject he had been treating the will of God with regard to the
relationship between man and woman. They do well who remain outside...
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BUT THIS I SAY, BRETHREN, THE TIME IS SHORT,.... This is another
reason, with which the apostle supports his advice to virgins, and
unmarried persons, to remain so; since the time of life is so very
s...
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But this I say, brethren, the time _is_ short: it remaineth, that both
they that have wives be as though they had none;
Ver. 29. _This then I say, brethren_] The best counsel I can give
you, is, that...
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_But this I say_, &c. But though I leave every one to his own liberty
in the case now mentioned, yet here is what is necessary for all to
observe. _The time_ Of our abode here, and of these worldly
en...
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BE AS THOUGH THEY HAD NONE; live above the world and its temporary
relations, remembering how soon this earthly scene, with all its joys
and sorrows, will be over, and eternity come in its place. So a...
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Those things in Chapter s 5 and 6, which were of such serious
importance as demanding correction, had evidently not even been
questions in the minds of the Corinthians. But Paul was required to
raise...
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BUT THIS. SAY, BRETHREN, THE TIME IS SHORTENED, THAT HENCEFORTH BOTH
THOSE THAT HAVE WIVES MAY BE AS THOUGH THEY HAD NONE;
'But this. say' -'What. mean' (TCNT) 'A new turn is here given to the
argum...
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25-35 Considering the distress of those times, the unmarried state
was best. Notwithstanding, the apostle does not condemn marriage. How
opposite are those to the apostle Paul who forbid many to marr...
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He had before spoken to what concerned some, now he comes to what
concerneth all. THE TIME (saith he) IS SHORT; furled up, like sails
when the mariner comes near his port. He either meaneth the time o...
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But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both
those that have wives may be as though they had none;...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II
Explaining this more clearly, he adds," It remains that they that have
wives be as though they had none, and they that buy as though they
possessed not."...
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1 Corinthians 7:29 But G1161 this G5124 say G5346 (G5748) brethren G80
time G2540 short G4958 (G5772) on...
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‘But this I say brothers, the time is shortened that from now on
both those who have wives be as those who have none, and those who
weep as those who do not weep, and those who rejoice as those who do...
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_Answers to Corinthian Questions regarding Marriage,_ 25-40.
1 Corinthians 7:25. NOW CONCERNING VIRGINS I HAVE NO COMMANDMENT OF
THE LORD: BUT I GIVE MY JUDGMENT, AS ONE THAT HATH OBTAINED MERCY OF
TH...
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BUT THIS I SAY
(τουτο δε φÂημ. Note φÂημ here rather than λεγÂω
(verses 1 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Corinthians 7:12). A new turn is here
given to the argument about the present necessity.THE TIME IS
SHOR...
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1 Corinthians 7:29
I. Let us contrast the world's treatment of sorrow with that of
Christ. Here we use the word world in the widest sense the world of
which the Apostle John speaks as including all th...
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1 Corinthians 7:29
I. St. Paul tells us that the time is short. In one sense not an
unimportant one time is very long. The great God who is working out
His plan in the universe has no stint of time. W...
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CONTENTS: Sanctity of marriage. Regulation of marriage among Gentile
believers.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
CONCLUSION: Marriage is by divine wisdom prescribed for the preventing
of f...
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It is evident from the tenor of this chapter that the Corinthians had
written to the apostle for advice on the subject of marriage and its
obligations, and that he is here resolving their various diff...
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THERE IS NOT MUCH TIME LEFT. Paul may mean: (1) the persecutions which
Nero would bring against Christians (in less than ten years); (2) the
Jewish Wars (in which armed terrorists would rise against R...
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_Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord._
CONCERNING VIRGINS AND WIDOWS
The apostle advises--
I. The unmarried of both sexes. As he has argued against the
disruption of the ties b...
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_But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth that both
they that have wives be as though they had none._
THE TIME IS SHORT
I. For the domestic connections of the world (1 Corinthians 7...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 7:29 See 1 Corinthians 10:11.
Paul is not saying that Jesus will definitely return within the
Corinthians’ lifetimes. Elsewhere, he encou
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CHAPTER 7
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
In this chapter he answers five questions of the Corinthians about the
laws of matrimony, and about the counsel of virginity and celibacy
i. The first question is...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
A.
1. Observe: With this chapter commences a NEW SECTION of the Epistle;
the topics, and perhaps their order, suggested by a letter of formal
inquiry brought from Corinth: vii. Marri...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 7:1
_Answers to the inquiries of the Corinthians respecting marriage._
1 CORINTHIANS 7:1
_The_ _lawfulness of marriage, and its duties._...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the seventh chapter of I
Corinthians.
The Corinthian church was a mess. There were just a lot of problems, a
problem with carnality. There were divisions in the chur...
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1 John 2:17; 1 Peter 1:24; 1 Peter 4:7; 2 Peter 3:8; 2 Peter 3:9;...
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Time [κ α ι ρ ο ς]. Not, the period of mortal life; but the time
which must elapse before the Lord appears.
Short [σ υ ν ε σ τ α λ μ ε ν ο ς] Rev., correctly, giving
the force of the participle, short...
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But this I say, brethren — With great confidence. The time of our
abode here is short. It plainly follows, that even they who have wives
be as serious, zealous, active, dead to the world, as devoted t...
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As if he had said, "Let all persons, both married and unmarried,
consider that the time of this life is short and passing; it is but.
point of time we have to live, and shortly it will not be. pin to...