Methodius Discourse III. Thaleia
Wherefore he rejects those of the more incontinent, who, under the influence of vain-glory, would advance to this state, advising them to marry, lest in their time of manly strength, the flesh stirring up the desires and passions, they should be goaded on to defile the soul. For let us consider what he lays down:[58]
Verse 36. _UNCOMELY TOWARDS HIS VIRGIN_] Different meanings have been assigned to this verse; I shall mention _three_ of the principal. 1. "In those early times, both among the Hebrews and Christians...
THAT HE BEHAVETH HIMSELF UNCOMELY - Acts an unbecoming part, imposes an unnecessary, painful, and improper constraint, crosses her inclinations which are in them selves proper. TOWARD HIS VIRGIN - Hi...
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...
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...
COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)...
THINK. Same as "suppose", 1 Corinthians 7:26. BEHAVETH, &C. = acts unseemly. Greek. _aschemoneo._ Only here and 1 Corinthians 13:5. VIRGIN, i.e. virgin daughter. PASS, &C. = be of full age. Greek....
_his virgin_ i.e. _his daughter_. The advice here given is to _parents_. In St Paul's time, and in most continental countries now, it is the parents who decide on the marriage of their children. In Fr...
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...
ΔΈ. _On the other hand_. ἈΣΧΗΜΟΝΕΙ͂Ν. See Lucian, _De Sacrif._ c. 7 ἡ Ῥέα δὲ πῶς οὐκ�; Our modern colloquial English has imitated this expression. It is ‘bad form’ to do this or that. See ch. 1 Corint...
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE MARRIAGE OF VIRGINS....
_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...
ΆΣΧΗΜΟΝΕΊΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΆΣΧΗΜΟΝΈΩ (G807) действовать неприлично, вести себя бесчестным образом; может иметь сексуальный оттенок (NW, 2,1:30405). Об _adj., см._ 1 Corinthians 7:35. _Inf._ в ро...
TOWARD HIS VIRGIN.— The word Παρθενον seems here, says Mr. Locke, used for the virgin _state,_ and not for the _person_ of a virgin. Whether there be examples of the like use of it, he adds, I know no...
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...
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...
But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. BEHAVETH...
31 The transient, fleeting character of all of this world's relationships and experiences should warn us not to let them take an undue hold upon our hearts. We cannot but use the world to a limited ex...
_(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...
ANY MAN] i.e. parent or guardian. UNCOMELY] i.e. unfairly, in not seeing her married. HIS VIRGIN] daughter or ward. LET THEM] i.e. the maiden and her suitor....
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 IF ANY MAN THINK. — Here the writer turns to the duty of parents, and there is a further explanation to such that the previous expressions are not binding commandments, but apostolic advice. If th...
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...
By a contrastive δὲ P. passes from the εὔσχημον at which his dissuasive was aimed, to the ἀσχημονεῖν that might be thought to result in some cases from following it. The vb [1202] (= ἀσχήμωι εἶναι) si...
§ 24. FREEDOM TO MARRY. The question of the marriage of Cor [1201] Christian maidens Paul has discussed on grounds of expediency. The narrow earthly horizon, the perils of the Christian lot, the divis...
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...
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...
Giving A Daughter's Hand In Marriage At the time Paul wrote, the fathers' gave their daughters' hands in marriage without consulting them. Paul said that fathers might feel they wronged their daughter...
(17) But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of [her] age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he (h) sinneth not: let them marry. (1...
_Let him do what he will, he sinneth not, &c. The meaning is not as libertines would have it, that persons may do what they will, and not sin; provided they afterwards marry: but that the father with...
“But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.” Paul intro...
: The general suitableness of celibacy....
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)...
(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...
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...
36._But if any one thinketh that it were unseemly for his virgin. _He now directs his discourse to parents, who had children under their authority. For having heard the praises of celibacy, and having...
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 IF ANY MAN THINK,.... This some understand of a man that is engaged, or betrothed to a virgin, and protracts marriage, who may use his prudence in consummating it, if he pleases, for any thing the...
But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of _her_ age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. Ver. 36. _...
_But if any man_ Who is a parent or guardian; _think that he behaveth himself uncomely_ That he should act indecently, or in a manner unbecoming his character, or unsuitably to her credit and reputati...
BEHAVETH HIMSELF UNCOMELY; acts unsuitably towards his daughter or one under his care, in withholding her from marriage. If she is of a proper age, and is disposed to be married, he would do well to c...
The right of the father to give his daughter in marriage:...
BUT IF ANY MAN THINK THAT HE BEHAVES HIMSELF UNCOMELY TOWARD HIS VIRGIN, IF SHE PASS THE FLOWER OF HER AGE, AND NEED SO REQUIRE, LET HIM DO WHAT HE WILL, HE SINNETH NOT; LET THEM MARRY....
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...
BUT IF ANY MAN THINKETH THAT HE BEHAVETH HIMSELF UNSEEMINGLY TOWARD HIS VIRGIN DAUGHTER, IF SHE BE PAST THE FLOWER OF HER AGE, AND IF NEED SO REQUIRETH, LET HIM DO WHAT HE WILL; HE SINNETH NOT; LET TH...
36-40 The apostle is thought to give advice here about the disposal of children in marriage. In this view, the general meaning is plain. Children should seek and follow the directions of their parent...
BUT IF ANY MAN THINK THAT HE BEHAVETH HIMSELF UNCOMELY: there is a general and a particular uncomeliness; some things are uncomely with respect to all persons; of such things the apostle doth not here...
But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin daughter, if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them...
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‘But if any man thinks that he behaves ignobly towards his virgin, if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so demands, let him do what he will. He does not sin. Let them marry.' There is som...
_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...
THAT HE BEHAVETH HIMSELF UNSEEMLY (ασχημονειν). Old verb, here only in N.T., from ασχημων (1 Corinthians 12:23), from α privative and σχημα. Occurs in the papyri. Infinitive in indirect discourse a...
SINNETH SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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...
IN THE CASE OF AN ENGAGED COUPLE. In these next verses, Paul discusses the right to marry. He has strongly defended and recommended celibacy _because of the present distress._ But he does not _forbid_...
_But I would have you without carefulness._ “WITHOUT CAREFULNESS” I. By avoiding those states which involve carefulness. Take, _e.g._ 1. The question of marriage. Paul bids Christians, in the first...
_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...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 7:36 IF HIS PASSIONS ARE STRONG translates a difficult word. The esv is consistent with Paul’s reasoning in vv....
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...
_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 7:28; 1 Corinthians 7:37; 1 Corinthians 7:9; 1 Samuel 2:33...
Behaveth himself uncomely [α σ χ η μ ο ν ε ι ν]. Acts unbecomingly, either by throwing temptation in the daughter's way by constraining her to remain unmarried, or by exposing her to the disgrace whic...
But if any parent think he should otherwise act indecently — Unbecoming his character. Toward his virgin daughter, if she be above age, (or of full age,) and need so require, 1 Corinthians 7:9, let th...
The next case, which our apostle speaks to, is concerning virgins, who are under the power of others, (and not at their own disposal,) as parents and guardians, namely, whether it be best and most adv...