Because I want to help you. "I am not trying to put restrictions on your right to marry (all the apostles but me are married). But considering the present distress, I am trying to give you the best advice I can." MacKnight says: "... the apostle recommended to both a single state, if they could therein live continently; because, being fastened to the world with fewer ties, they would leave it with less regret, when called to die for the gospel."
Verse 35. _THIS I SPEAK FOR YOUR OWN PROFIT_] The advices belong to yourselves _alone_, because of the peculiar circumstances in which you are placed. Nothing spoken here was ever designed to be of _g...
FOR YOUR OWN PROFIT - That you may avail yourselves of all your advantages and privileges, and pursue such a course as shall tend most to advance your personal piety and salvation. NOT THAT I MAY CAST...
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)...
PROFIT. Greek. _sumphe_. _o_. Same as "expedient" (1 Corinthians 6:12). SNARE. Greek. _brochos_. Only here. Something to hamper or fetter. THAT WHICH IS COMELY. decorum or propriety. Greek. _euschem...
_attend upon the Lord_ Literally, SIT CONVENIENTLY BEFORE ( OR BESIDE) HIM. Dean Stanley refers to Martha and Mary in St Luke 10:39-41, as an exact illustration of this expression. Martha is -cumbered...
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...
ΣΎΜΦΟΡΟΝ אABD. ΕΥ̓ΠΆΡΕΔΡΟΝ אABDEFG. 35. ΒΡΌΧΟΝ. ‘Snare,’ A.V. Better _noose_. ΕΥ̓ΠΆΡΕΔΡΟΝ. Literally, SITTING CONVENIENTLY BEFORE (or BESIDE). Dean Stanley refers to Martha and Mary in Luke 10:39-4...
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...
ΑΥΤΏΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΑΎΤΌΣ (G846) сам; здесь: собственный. Refl. использование _pron._, или, возможно, усилительное использование (RG, 687). ΣΎΜΦΟΡΟΝ (G4851) сведенное вместе, выгодное, преимущество,...
HOW SHE MAY PLEASE HER HUSBAND, &C.— The Apostle in this text, and the counterpart to it, seems to declare, that single persons of either sex have generally opportunities for devotion beyond those who...
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...
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. FOR YOUR OWN PROFIT - not to dis...
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...
CAST A SNARE (or, 'halter') UPON YOU] i.e. not deprive you of liberty; force you into this course. COMELY] RV 'seemly.'...
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...
AND THIS I SPEAK FOR YOUR OWN PROFIT. — The reference is to the preceding passage, commencing with 1 Corinthians 7:32; and the writer explains that these instructions are given, not to please himself,...
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...
A third time P. declares that he is consulting for the welfare of his readers (_cf._ 28 _b_, 32 _a_), not insisting on his own preference nor laying down an absolute rule: “looking to (πρός) your adva...
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...
And this I speak for your own (g) profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. (g) He means that he will force...
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)...
: The general suitableness of celibacy....
“And this I speak for your own profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.” Paul feels the need of defending h...
(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...
35._And this for your benefit. _Observe the Apostle’s moderation. (436) Though he knew the vexations, troubles, and difficulties of the married life, and, on the other hand, the advantages of celibacy...
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...
AND THIS I SPEAK FOR YOUR OWN PROFIT,.... The apostle suggests, that in giving the advice he did to unmarried persons to abide single, he had nothing else in view than their temporal and spiritual adv...
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. Ver. 35. _That you may attend, &c._...
_But_ Or _now; I would have you_ During this flying moment; _without carefulness_ Or anxiety, amidst all these uncertainties: without any encumbrance or distraction of your thoughts, about the affairs...
NOT THAT I MAY CAST A SNARE; his object was not to bind all to act alike, but to induce each to take the course which would be most proper, and in which he or she could best serve God....
AND THIS I SPEAK FOR YOUR OWN PROFIT; NOT THAT I MAY CAST A SNARE UPON YOU, BUT FOR THAT WHICH IS COMELY, AND THAT YE MAY ATTEND UPON THE LORD WITHOUT DISTRACTION. The apostle here presents his reason...
A comparison of the married and unmarried state:...
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...
AND THIS. SAY FOR YOUR OWN PROFIT; NOT THAT. MAY CAST. SNARE UPON YOU, BUT FOR THAT WHICH IS SEEMLY, AND THAT YE MAY ATTEND UPON THE LORD WITHOUT DISTRACTION. 'for your own profit' -'I am saying this...
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...
OLBGrk; AND THIS I SPEAK FOR YOUR OWN PROFIT; for your advantage both as to your converse in the world, and also for your religious conversation, and the performance of those duties which you owe unto...
And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. [The less the Christian is entangled w...
Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Sixth "When anger comes upon you, or harshness, know that he is in you; and you will know this to be the case also, when you are attacked by a longing after many transac...
1 Corinthians 7:35 And G1161 this G5124 say G3004 (G5719) for G4314 your G5216 own G846 profit G4851 ...
‘And this I say for your own profit, not that I may cast a noose on you, but for that which is noble (or ‘proper') and that you may attend on the Lord without distraction.' Paul emphasises that he is...
_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...
FOR YOUR OWN PROFIT (προς το υμων αυτων συμφορον). Old adjective, advantageous, with neuter article here as substantive, from verb συμφερω. In N.T. here only and 1 Corinthians 10:33. Note reflexive...
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...
_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 7:32 On living as a single person, 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 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:28; 1 Corinthians 7:33; 1 Corinthians 7:34;...
Snare [β ρ ο χ ο ν]. Lit., a noose or slip - knot for hanging or strangling. Thus Homer of Jocasta : "She went to Hades having suspended a noose on high from the lofty roof" (" Odyssey, " 11, 278). So...
Not that I may cast a snare upon you — Who are not able to receive this saying. But for your profit — Who are able. That ye may resolutely and perseveringly wait upon the Lord — The word translated wa...