Tertullian To His Wife Book II
The very closing sentence of the period confirms (the supposition) that this is thus to be understood. "As each," it says, "is called by the Lord, so let him persevere."[14]
Origen Commentary on John Book I "I say, and not the Lord," and[15]
Verse 17. _BUT AS GOD HATH DISTRIBUTED TO EVERY MAN_, c.] Let every man fulfil the duties of the state to which God in the course of his providence has called him. _SO ORDAIN I IN ALL CHURCHES._] I d...
BUT AS GOD HATH DISTRIBUTED ... - As God hath divided (ἐμέρισεν emerisen); that is, given, imparted to anyone. As God has given grace to everyone. The words εἰ μὴ ei mē denote simply but in the b...
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...
He now passes on to special classes. First, those who are unmarried or have lost their partners. It would be best for them to follow Paul's example and remain as they are. But if they have not the gif...
COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)...
The one thing that is necessary is that each man should walk as God has allotted to him and as God has called him. It is thus that I order things in all the Churches. Was any man called after he had b...
BUT. Greek. _ei me_, as 1 Corinthians 7:5. GOD... THE LORD. These should be transposed. Compare 1 Corinthians 1:9; Romans 8:30;...
Christianity not intended to revolutionize the relations between the believer and society 17. _But as God hath distributed_ The permission to live apart from a heathen husband or wife is given only to...
CHRISTIANITY NOT INTENDED TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE BELIEVER AND SOCIETY...
ΜΕΜΈΡΙΚΕΝ אB. ἐμέρισεν ACDEFG. 17. ΕἸ ΜΉ. ONLY. Not exactly equivalent to ‘but,’ for this (see Bp Lightfoot on Galatians 1:19) is never the case. The meaning is no general rule can be laid down to me...
_CONCERNING GOD'S CALL 1 CORINTHIANS 7:17-24:_ The Bible teaches that we should be content in whatever situation we are in. Paul said, "As the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordai...
ΕΊ ΜΉ (G1487; G3361) кроме, только. Это относится к ст. 15, в котором рассматривается возможность развода в определенных обстоятельствах (Barrett; BD, 191). ΈΚΆΣΤΦ _dat. sing. от_ ΈΚΑΣΤΟΣ (G1538) каж...
FOR WHAT KNOWEST THOU, &C.— Continue with your infidel spouses who are willing to dwell with you; for _how knowest thou, O_ Christian _wife, whether thou shalt convert thy husband,_ (see 1 Peter 3:1.)...
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...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Directions for the Married_ (10-24) _Commentary_ Unto the married, I give charge.Paul, speaking as an apostle of Christ, gives direction to those who are already married. It is...
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. BUT - Greek [ ei-mee (G1508)], 'If not.' 'Only.' The "But" favours the...
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...
_(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...
BUT] RV 'only'; I only lay down the general rule. HATH DISTRIBUTED] i.e. his condition and circumstances of life....
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...
BUT AS GOD HATH DISTRIBUTED... — Regarding 1 Corinthians 7:16 as a kind of parenthesis, these words follow on from 1 Corinthians 7:15 as a general principle to be ever borne in mind, as limiting in pr...
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...
“Only, in each case as the Lord has apportioned to him, in each case as God has called him, so let him (the believer) walk.” Under this general rule the exceptional and guarded permission of divorce i...
§ 22. GOD'S CALLING AND ONE'S EARTHLY STATION. In treating of questions relating to marriage, the Apostle's general advice admitting of large exceptions (1 Corinthians 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:9; 1 Corint...
SERVE GOD IN YOUR CALLING 1 Corinthians 7:15 There was much unsettlement in regard to marriage in the church at Corinth. An unnatural asceticism was showing itself in some quarters and a lawless self...
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...
The Christian's Social Relations Becoming a Christian should not be used as an excuse for disrupting normal social relations, assuming they are not sinful. Christianity is only disruptive to that whic...
(12) But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath (n) called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. (12) Taking occasion by that which he said of the bondage and li...
For to the rest, &c. This was a case entirely new, which the wisdom of the apostle regulates according to the laws of charity. Tertullian thinks that some of the faithful, who had been converted from...
But[3] as the Lord hath distributed,... and called every one, &c. St. Paul proceeds to other points of discipline, that persons converted may remain and continue in the same employments, and lawful st...
To illustrate the spirit of the prescriptions which he has just given, and to trace at the same time the line of conduct to be followed in certain analogous cases which occurred in the life of the Chu...
“Save this, that as the Lord hath distributed to every man, as God hath called every one, so let him walk; and so ordain I in all the Churches.” The particle εἰ μή, _unless_, or, _if it is not so_, ha...
Notwithstanding the intrinsic excellence of celibacy, marriage should be the rule in practice. Such is the general meaning of this first passage....
(4) The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. (5) Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent fo...
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...
17._Unless every one, according as God has dispensed his grace, _etc. Such is the literal meaning: only I have in my rendering made use of the nominative, (405) in order that the connection may be mor...
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...
BUT AS GOD HATH DISTRIBUTED TO EVERY MAN,.... This text is so placed, and the words of it so expressed, as that it may have regard both to what goes before, and follows after; it may have respect to e...
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. Ver. 17. _But God hath distributed_] In case you should not save your yo...
_But if the unbelieving_ party _depart, let him_, or her _depart_ And take the course they think best. _A brother or sister_ A Christian man or woman; _is not under bondage_ Is at full liberty; _in su...
AS GOD HATH DISTRIBUTED TO EVERY MAN; assigned him his place and lot in life. The apostle here begins an exhortation to contentment in present circumstances. SO LET HIM WALK; let each one continue in...
BUT AS GOD HATH DISTRIBUTED TO EVERY MAN, AS THE LORD HATH CALLED EVERY ONE, SO LET HIM WALK. AND SO ORDAIN I IN ALL CHURCHES. In the previous section the apostle had addressed himself to the wedded c...
Concerning mixed marriages:...
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...
ONLY, AS THE LORD HATH DISTRIBUTED TO EACH MAN, AS GOD HATH CALLED EACH, SO LET HIM WALK. AND SO ORDAIN. IN ALL THE CHURCHES. 'Only' -'I would add this' (Nor) 'This sentence is tied to what precedes...
17-24 The rules of Christianity reach every condition; and in every state a man may live so as to be a credit to it. It is the duty of every Christian to be content with his lot, and to conduct himse...
Calling in this place signifieth that station and course of life, wherein by the providence of God any man is set. Some think, that this precept hath a special reference to what went before, as if the...
Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches. [Paul first answers generally that under no conditions are the husband an...
1 Corinthians 7:17 But G1508 as G5613 God G2316 distributed G3307 (G5656) one G1538 as G5613 Lord G2962
‘But as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him continue to walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.' Here the position in which each man finds himself when he is ‘...
CHRISTIANS NEED NOT FEEL COMPELLED TO LEAVE THE STATE IN WHICH THEY WERE WHEN THEY WERE CALLED (7:17-24). Paul now stresses that from a spiritual point of view Christians need not worry about their ea...
_Duties of the Married where One of the Parties is unconverted,_ 12-17. 1 Corinthians 7:12. BUT TO THE REST SAY I, NOT THE LORD: IF ANY BROTHER HATH AN UNBELIEVING WIFE, AND SHE IS CONTENT TO DWELL W...
ONLY (ε μη). This use of ε μη as an elliptical condition is very common (1 Corinthians 7:5; Galatians 1:7; Galatians 1:19; Romans 1...
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...
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...
EACH ONE SHOULD GO ON. The false teacher at Corinth (who was probably one of the Circumcision Party) taught that when you became a Christian, all former moral and political obligations vanished. This...
_Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman._ MARRIAGE I. Is not necessary for all (1 Corinthians 7:1). 1. Instituted by God, sanctified by Christ,...
_And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband._ THE MARRIAGE UNION: HOW DISTURBANCES OF IT ARE TO BE ALLEVIATED I. If both parties are believers-...
_But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk._ EVERY CHRISTIAN AT HIS POST 1. God appoints every man his station and condition in life. 2. Has calle...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 7:17 God calls people to himself who are in various situations regarding economics (slavery vs. freedom), family (divorce vs. marriage), and religious background (c...
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...
_But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk._ I have said this much about the marriage of an unbeliever with a believer, and about separation and divo...
_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...
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._...
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...
1 Corinthians 16:1; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 7:18; 1 Corinthians 7:20;...
But [ε ι μ η]. Rev., only. Introducing a limitation to the statement in ver 1 Corinthians 7:1 5There is to be no enslavement, only, to give no excuse for the reckless abuse of this general principle,...
But as God hath distributed — The various stations of life, and various relations, to every one, let him take care to discharge his duty therein. The gospel disannuls none of these. And thus I ordain...