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1 Corinthians 7:38

Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth " "Why, then, sir," I said, "do all these trees bear fruit, and some of them fairer than the rest? "Listen," he said: "all who once suffered for the name of the Lord are honourable before God; and of all these the sins were remitted, because they suffered for the name of the Son of God.[46]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV

Right mystically and sacredly the apostle, teaching us the choice which is truly gracious, not in the way of rejection of other things as bad, but so as to do things better than what is good, has spoken, saying, "So he that giveth his virgin in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not doeth better; as far as respects seemliness and undistracted attendance on the Lord."[220]

Tertullian On Modesty

Thus he pronounces that the "preserver of a virgin" doeth" better" than her "giver in marriage."[183]

Methodius Discourse II. Theophila

in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth bet ter."[18]

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See also 1 Corinthians 7:38 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    DOETH WELL - Does right; violates no law in it, and is not to be blamed for it. DOETH BETTER - Does that which is on the whole to be preferred, if it can be done. He more certainly, in the present ci...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GIVETH... IN MARRIAGE. Greek. _ekgamizo._ Elsewhere, Matthew 22:30; Matthew 24:38; Luke 17:27....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΓΑΜΊΖΩΝ. The idea in the Apostle’s mind is that _both_ do well. But whether we read καί or δέ in the apodosis, the sentence involves an _anacolouthon_. The difference between the rec. ἐκγαμίζων...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE MARRIAGE OF VIRGINS....

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΏΣΤΕ (G5620) следовательно; делает вывод из этого обсуждения, ΓΑΜΊΖΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΓΑΜΊΖΩ (G1061) отдавать замуж (_см._ 1 Corinthians 7:9). Гл. с этим окончанием обычно имеют причинное знач...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SO THEN, HE THAT GIVETH HER IN MARRIAGE, &C.— If the word παρθενος be taken in the sense proposed in the lastnote, it is necessary in this verse to follow those copies which read Γαμιζων, _marriage,_...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. HER. 'Aleph (') A B Delta f, Vulgate, have 'his own virgin daughter.' BUT. A B Delta G 'Al...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _(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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SO THEN... — Better, _So then he that gives his daughter in marriage does well, and_ (not “but”) h_e that giveth her not shall do better._ It is worth noticing how, in the case of the one who gives hi...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    § 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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    1 Corinthians 7:38, the sum of the matter: either to marry one's daughter or refuse her in marriage is, abstractly viewed, an honourable course; the latter, in Paul's judgment, and for Christians in t...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth (l) better. (l) Provides better for his children, and that not in just any way, but by reason of su...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    He that giveth her not, doth better. And more blessed shall she be, if she so remains, according to my counsel. It is very strange if any one, who reads this chapter without prejudices, does not clear...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    “So then he that giveth in marriage doeth well, but he that giveth not in marriage will do better.” We again find here one of those ὥστε, _so that_, with which Paul, in this Epistle, loves to formula...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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)...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    : The general suitableness of celibacy....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    38._Therefore he that giveth in marriage. _Here we have the conclusion from both parts of the statement, in which he states, in a few words, that parents are free from blame if they give away their da...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO THEN HE THAT GIVETH [HER] IN MARRIAGE DOTH WELL,.... Does that which is in its own nature good; that which is agreeable to the will of God, is of his institution and appointment, and therefore must...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So then he that giveth _her_ in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth _her_ not in marriage doeth better. Ver. 38. _Doth better_] 1. For the better waiting upon God's work without distraction. 2. F...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    HE THAT GIVETH HER IN MARRIAGE; when circumstances require it, DOETH WELL; that which is right. HE THAT GIVETH HER NOT; when circumstances do not require or favor it, DOETH BETTER; what will be more...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    SO, THEN, HE THAT GIVETH HER IN MARRIAGE DOETH WELL; BUT HE THAT GIVETH HER NOT IN MARRIAGE DOETH BETTER....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The right of the father to give his daughter in marriage:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    SO THEN BOTH HE THAT GIVETH HIS OWN VIRGIN DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE DOETH WELL; AND HE THAT GIVETH HER NOT IN MARRIAGE SHALL DO BETTER. 'shall do better' -i.e. in view of the present circumstances. And...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SO THEN HE THAT GIVETH HER IN MARRIAGE DOETH WELL: there is no general rule for all parents in this case, where the duty or sin of parents may arise from their or their children's different circumstan...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    So then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better. [Marriages in the East were then, as now, arranged by the parents. I...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Corinthians 7:38 So G5620 then G2532 marriage G1547 (G5723) does G4160 (G5719) well G2573 but G1161 do

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘So then both he who gives his own virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who gives her not in marriage will do better.' ‘Gives in marriage.' The verb is gamizo which is an intensive form of ga...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    _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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    DOETH WELL (καλως ποιε). So Paul commends the father who gives his daughter in marriage (γαμιζε). This verb γαμιζω has not been found outside the N.T. See on Matthew 22:30.SHALL DO BETTER (κρεισσο...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    WILL DO EVEN BETTER. Both are right and proper: to marry, or not to marry. But _not to marry_ is better _considering the present distress_ (1 Corinthians 7:26)....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 7:37 KEEP HER AS HIS BETROTHED. Paul now turns to the person who chooses to remain unmarried. DOES WELL... EVEN BETTER. Sometimes, one is free to choose between cou...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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._...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:28; Hebrews 13:4...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Doeth better — If there be no necessity....

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