With regard to your letter and its suggestion that it would be a fine
thing for a man not to have anything to do with a woman--to avoid
fornication, let each man possess his own wife, and each woman her own
husband.
We have already seen that in Greek thought there was strong tendency
to despise the... [ Continue Reading ]
COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)... [ Continue Reading ]
Let the husband give to the wife all that is due to her; and in the
same way let the wife give to the husband all that is due to him. A
wife is not in absolute control of her own body, but her husband is.
In the same way a husband is not in absolute control of his own body,
but his wife is. Do not d... [ Continue Reading ]
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
being inflamed with passion. To those who are married I give this
order--and the order is not mine bu... [ Continue Reading ]
The one thing that is necessary is that each man should walk as God
has allotted to him and as God has called him. It is thus that I order
things in all the Churches. Was any man called after he had been
circumcised? Let him not try to efface it. Was any man called when he
was not circumcised? Let h... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Are you
free from marriage ties? Do not seek a wife. But, if you do marry, you
have committed no sin... [ Continue Reading ]
A wife is bound for as long as her husband is alive; but, if her
husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, so long as the
marriage is made in the Lord. In my opinion she will be happier if she
remains as she is--and I think that I have the Spirit of God.
Again Paul takes up his consiste... [ Continue Reading ]