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1 Corinthians 7:8

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

Et: "Bonum est manere sicut ego."[151]

Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity

For, withal, when he has laid down the definitive rule with reference to "the widowed and the unwedded," that they are to "marry if they cannot contain," because "better it is to marry than to burn,"[18]

Tertullian On Modesty

But when things lawful are (only) granted by way of indulgence, who hope for things unlawful? "To the unmarried" also, "and widows," he says, "It is good, by his example, to persevere" (in their present state); "but if they were too weak, to marry; because it is preferable to marry than to bum."[178]

Methodius Discourse III. Thaleia "I say therefore," he goes on,[46]

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See also 1 Corinthians 7:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Corinthians 7:8. _THE UNMARRIED AND WIDOWS_] It is supposed that the apostle speaks here of men who _had been married_, in the word αγαμοι, but were now _widowers_; as he does of women who ha...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IT IS GOOD FOR THEM - It may be advisable, in the present circumstances of persecution and distress, not to be encumbered with the cares and anxieties of a family; see 1 Corinthians 7:26, 1 Corinthian...

  • 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

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    To the unmarried and to the widows I say, it would be a fine thing if they were to remain like myself, but if they find continence impossible, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to go on b...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I SAY THEREFORE. But. say. UNMARRIED. Greek. _agamos._ Only here, verses: 1Co 7:11, 1 Corinthians 7:32; 1 Corinthians 11:34. IF. App-118. ABIDE. remain. Greek. _meno._ Seep. 1511....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΧΉΡΑΙΣ. Cf. 1 Timothy 5:11; 1 Timothy 5:14....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ADVICE CONCERNING MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY The newly-converted Corinthians had evidently found themselves in a difficulty concerning marriage. The Jews in general, whatever ascetics like the Essenes and...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _CONCERNING THE MARRIED LIFE 1 CORINTHIANS 7:1-9:_ Paul was questioned as to whether people should even marry at all. He begins, "Now I will answer the questions that you asked in your letter. You ask...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΆΓΑΜΟΣ (G22) неженатый. Возможно, относится к вдовцам (Fee). Об отр. преф. _см._ Romans 1:20. Indir. _obj._ ΧΉΡΑΙΣ _dat. pl._ от ΧΉΡΑ (G5503) вдова. Артикль может означать, что Павел имел в виду вдов...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 The Purity of Marriage (1 Corinthians 7:1-9) 7 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a man not to touch a woman. 2But because of the temptation...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. TO THE UNMARRIED - in general, of both sexes (1 Corinthians 7:10). AND WIDOWS - in particular. EVEN AS I...

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

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    EVEN AS I] i.e. unmarried and without desire for marriage....

  • 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

    I SAY THEREFORE. — Better, _Now what I say is,_... Widows are here joined with those who have not been married, otherwise discussion might have arisen as to whether the Apostle had intended his advice...

  • 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)

    § 20. MARRIAGE OR CELIBACY? At this point the Ap. takes up the questions addressed to him by the Cor [993] Church (see _Introd_., chap. 2). In replying to Paul's previous letter, they had asked for cl...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    1 Corinthians 7:8-9 re-state the answer given in 1 Corinthians 7:1-2 to the question concerning celibacy _v_. marriage. “But I say to the unmarried and the widows, it is right (καλόν; _cf._ 1 Corin

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MARRIAGE BONDS 1 Corinthians 7:1 The Apostle first addresses the unmarried, 1 Corinthians 7:1, _etc_. He speaks elsewhere reverently of marriage, Ephesians 5:23. Forbidding to marry is in his j

  • 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

    Should A Single Christian Marry? Paul turned from dealing with problems of which he had heard to questions the Corinthians had asked. The first question, as seen by McGarvey, was, "Is marriage to be d...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (6) I say therefore to the (f) unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. (6) Sixthly, he gives the very same admonition touching the second marriage, that is, that a single l...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    I would, or I could wish you all were even as myself, and as it is said in the next verse, to continue unmarried as I do. From hence it is evident, that St. Paul was not then married, who according to...

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

    “I say then to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as 1 Corinthians 1:9. But if they cannot contain, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.” The δέ, _the...

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

    Notwithstanding the intrinsic excellence of celibacy, marriage should be the rule in practice. Such is the general meaning of this first passage....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • 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

    8._I say, then, to the unmarried. _This depends on what goes before, and is a sort of inference from it. He had said that the gifts of God are variously distributed — that continency is not in the pow...

  • 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

    I SAY THEREFORE TO THE UNMARRIED AND WIDOWS,.... Not by way of command, but advice: by the "unmarried" he means, either such men who never were in a married state, or else such who had been married, b...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Ver. 8. _I say therefore to the unmarried_] Yet doth not the apostle simply prefer virginity on viduity befor...

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

    _I say, therefore_ I give this advice; _to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them_ It is a condition of life which will tend to promote their eternal welfare, that, _if_ they conveniently can,...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    IT IS GOOD FOR THEM; it was well, under their then peculiar circumstances, to remain as Paul was, unmarried, provided they thought so, and could do it without inconvenience....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I SAY, THEREFORE, TO THE UNMARRIED AND WIDOWS, IT IS GOOD FOR THEM IF THEY ABIDE EVEN AS I__...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Marriage an obligation under circumstances:...

  • 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

    BUT. SAY TO THE UNMARRIED AND TO WIDOWS, IT IS GOOD FOR THEM IF THEY ABIDE EVEN AS I. 'unmarried' -22. agamos ag'-am-os; from. (as. negative particle) and 1062; unmarried: -unmarried. 'It is possibl...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, in that juncture of time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, and the comforts of that state, are settled by D...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    By THE UNMARRIED AND WIDOWS, it is apparent that Paul means virgins that were never married, and such as, having been once married, had lost their husbands: though the first word, in the Greek, had be...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Corinthians 7:8 But G1161 say G3004 (G5719) unmarried G22 and G2532 widows G5503 is G2076 (G5748) good...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I. But if they do not have the ability to control their desires, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    TO THE UNMARRIED AND TO THE WIDOWS (τοις αγαμοις κα ταις χηραις). It is possible that by "the unmarried" (masculine plural) the apostle means only men since widows are added and since virgins receiv...

  • 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

    NOW, I SAY THIS. He restates his answer of 1 Corinthians 7:1-2. Considering the present distress (1 Corinthians 7:26), it would be better for the unmarried and the widows to live alone. Celibacy is a...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I speak this by permission, and not of commandment._ REVELATION I. By permission. 1. Is still Divine and therefore authoritative. 2. Respects matters of expediency and private application. II. B...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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,...

  • 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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    It is good for them if they remain even as I — That St. Paul was then single is certain and from Acts 7:58, compared with the following parts of the history, it seems probable that he always was so. I...

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