But if you do marry. Even though it might be best not to marry at all, under the circumstances, yet it was no sin if you did! But I would rather spare you. "I would like to see you avoid the everyday troubles which marriage and family will certainly bring you, during this time of persecution."
1 CORINTHIANS 7:28 h` parqe,noj Should the definite article be omitted (with B F G 429) or retained (with î15, 46 a A D K L P and most minuscules)? Although the article may have come into the text by...
Verse 28. _BUT, AND IF THOU MARRY_] As there is no law against this, even in the _present distress_, thou hast not sinned, because there is no law against this; and it is only on account of prudential...
THOU HAST NOT SINNED - There is no express command of God on this subject. The counsel which I give is mere advice, and it may be observed or not as you shall judge best. Marriage is honorable and law...
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...
I think that this is the right thing because of the present crisis-- that it is the right thing for a man to remain as he is. Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released from that bond....
COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)...
BUT AND. Moreover. HAST NOT. wouldst not have. SINNED. App-128. HATH NOT. would not have. TROUBLE. tribulation. Greek. _thlp_ sis. See Acts 7:10, and compare Matthew 24:19. SPARE. Greek. _pheidoma...
_trouble in the flesh_ Tribulation, either as Monica, when she saw her son Augustine falling into sin and infidelity, or as many other Christian parents whose souls the -sword" of the executioner was...
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...
ΓΑΜΉΣΗΙΣ אB, γαμήσῃ A, λάβῃς γυναῖκα DEFG. Rec. γήμῃς. 28. ΘΛΊΨΙΝ ΔῈ ΤΗ͂Ι ΣΑΡΚΊ. Tribulation, either as in the case of Monica, when she saw her son Augustine falling into sin and infidelity, or as ma...
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...
ΈΆΝ ΚΑΊ (G1437; G2532) и если. Вводит _conj._ 3 типа с _conj._, который указывает на возможность условия. О значении "хотя" _см._ BD, 190. ΓΑΜΉΣΗΣ _aor._ £0nj. _act. от_ ΓΑΜΈΩ (G1060) жениться. Inch,...
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 _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...
But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. TROUBLE IN THE FLESH - in their outward...
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...
7:28 have (b-17) Or 'she has.' I say 'they' to embrace both sexes, which the 'such' ( _ toioutoi_ , plural), and what follows, distinctly implies. The Greek for 'virgin' is feminine from its primary n...
_(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...
TROUBLE IN THE FLESH] i.e. in their earthly circumstances. Trouble would fall not only on themselves, but on those dear to them. St. Paul wants to save them such suffering (RV 'and I would spare you')...
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 AND IF THOU MARRY. — Better, _If, however, thou hast married._ The teaching here is not for some who will, after this advice, persist in marrying, but the reference is still to those who are actua...
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...
§ 23. ADVANTAGES OF THE SINGLE STATE. Paul's opinion had been asked particularly, in this connexion, about the case of _marriageable daughters_ (1 Corinthians 7:25): was it wise for fathers, as things...
1 Corinthians 7:27-28 apply in detail the advice just given, and first as it bears on _men_, then on _maidens_. δέδεσαι, λέλυσαι, pf. pass [1121] of present state determined by the past; μὴ ζήτει, pr...
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...
Is Celibacy Preferable To Marriage? McGarvey thinks the third question must have been, "Is celibacy or virginity perferable to marriage?" Paul was inspired in his judgment (7:40; 14:37), so we can rel...
But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the (y) flesh: but I (z) spare you. (y) By the "flesh" he understands w...
_Now concerning virgins, &c. He turns his discourse again to the unmarried, who (if they have made no vow) may lawfully marry, though he is far from commanding every one to marry, as when he says, see...
: The present state of things....
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)...
“Thou art bound to a wife, seek not to be loosed; thou art loosed from a wife, seek not a wife. 28. But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned; nevertheles...
(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...
28._But if thou shouldest even marry. _As there was a danger of one’s thinking from the preceding statement, that he tempted God, if he knowingly and willingly bound himself to marriage, (as that woul...
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 AND IF THOU MARRY, THOU SINNEST NOT,.... If a man that has never been married, or one that has, if legally loosed from his wife, thinks fit to marry, he commits no sin, he breaks no law of God, fa...
But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. Ver. 28. _Thou hast not sinned_] If any ma...
_Art thou bound to a wife?_ “Because the directions which the apostle was about to give (1Co 7:36) to fathers, concerning the disposal of their children in marriage, were partly to be founded on the i...
SHE HATH NOT SINNED; in marrying even in those troublous times, if she chose this, and thought it best for her. TROUBLE IN THE FLESH; special trials in those times of peculiar difficulty and danger....
BUT AND IF THOU MARRY, THOU HAST NOT SINNED; AND IF A VIRGIN MARRY, SHE HATH NOT SINNED. NEVERTHELESS, SUCH SHALL HAVE TROUBLE IN THE FLESH; BUT I SPARE YOU. In this section Paul again presupposes the...
The question of celibacy in general:...
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 SHOULDEST THOU MARRY, THOU HAST NOT SINNED; AND IF. VIRGIN MARRY, SHE HATH NOT SINNED. YET SUCH SHALL HAVE TRIBULATION IN THE FLESH: AND. WOULD SPARE YOU. 'thou' -'If you (i.e. the man spoken to...
25-35 Considering the distress of those times, the unmarried state was best. Notwithstanding, the apostle does not condemn marriage. How opposite are those to the apostle Paul who forbid many to marr...
I would not have you mistake me, as if I judged marriage sinful for persons in any state or condition, or of any sex; but those that are married in any time, will find troubles about the things of thi...
But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you. [the pains and sufferings which will ar...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV For I would have you without anxiety, in order to decorum and assiduity for the Lord, without distraction."[22] Tertullian To His Wife Book I " in re-marrying,...
1 Corinthians 7:28 But G1161 even G2532 if G1437 marry G1060 (G5661) have G264 not G3756 sinned G264 ...
‘And if a virgin marry she has not sinned. Yet such will have tribulation in the flesh, and I would spare you.' There is no question of it being sinful for a virgin to marry, he points out. God does...
‘I think therefore that this is good by reason of the present (or ‘impending') necessity (distress, calamity, necessity, compulsion, means of compulsion) namely that it is good for a man to be as he i...
_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...
BUT AND IF THOU MARRY (εαν δε κα γαμησηις). Condition of the third class, undetermined with prospect of being determined, with the ingressive first aorist (late form) active subjunctive with εαν: ...
SINNED 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...
_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 7:28 On deciding whether to MARRY, see note on vv. 5–7. ⇐
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 7:26; 1 Corinthians 7:32; 1 Corinthians 7:35; 1 Corinthians 7:36;...
I spare you [υ μ ω ν φ ε ι δ ο μ α ι]. Rev., "I would spare," is not warranted grammatically, but perhaps avoids the ambiguity of I spare, which might be understood : I spare you further mention of th...
Such will have trouble in the flesh — Many outward troubles. But I spare you — I speak as little and as tenderly as possible....