Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
1 Corinthians 7:8
χήραις. Cf. 1 Timothy 5:11; 1 Timothy 5:14.
χήραις. Cf. 1 Timothy 5:11; 1 Timothy 5:14.
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...
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...
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...
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...
COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)...
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....
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EVEN AS I] i.e. unmarried and without desire for marriage....
_(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...
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...
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...
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...
§ 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...
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
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
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...
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...
(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...
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...
Notwithstanding the intrinsic excellence of celibacy, marriage should be the rule in practice. Such is the general meaning of this first passage....
“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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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,...
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....
I SAY, THEREFORE, TO THE UNMARRIED AND WIDOWS, IT IS GOOD FOR THEM IF THEY ABIDE EVEN AS I__...
Marriage an obligation under circumstances:...
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. 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...
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...
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...
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I....
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 wi...
1 Corinthians 7:8 But G1161 say G3004 (G5719) unmarried G22 and G2532 widows G5503 is G2076 (G5748) good...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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,...
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...
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...