Godet's Commentary on Selected Books
1 Corinthians 7:32-38
: The general suitableness of celibacy.
: The general suitableness of celibacy.
Verse 32. _WITHOUT CAREFULNESS._] Though all these things will shortly come to pass, yet do not be anxious about them. Every occurrence is under the direction and management of God. The wrath of man s...
BUT I WOULD HAVE YOU - I would advise you to such a course of life as should leave you without carefulness My advice is regulated by that wish, and that wish guides me in giving it. WITHOUT CAREFULNES...
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...
COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)...
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....
HAVE YOU. that you should be. WITHOUT CAREFULNESS. free from anxiety. Greek. _amerimnos._ Only here and Matthew 28:14. CARETH. Gr _merimnao._ Occurs twelve times in the Gospels translated "take thoug...
_He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord_ One great reason why the Apostle recommends celibacy is the freedom that it gives from anxiety about worldly matters, the opportuni...
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...
ἈΜΕΡΊΜΝΟΥΣ. FREE FROM ANXIETY. One great reason why the Apostle recommends celibacy is the freedom that it gives from anxiety about worldly matters, the opportunity it offers of ‘attending upon the Lo...
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...
ΎΜΆΣ _асс. pl. от_ ΣΎ (G4771) вы. _асс._ как подлежащее при _inf._ ΑΜΈΡΙΜΝΟΣ (G275) беззаботный, свободный от забот, не беспокоящийся. Об отр. преф. _см._ Romans 1:20. ΕΊΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΕΙ...
DISCOURSE: 1963 AGAINST CAREFULNESS 1 Corinthians 7:32. _I would have you without carefulness_. THERE were, as might be expected, subjects of great difficulty and delicacy submitted, from time to tim...
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...
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...
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: BUT. Connect with 1 Corinthians 7:31. 'The world's fashion...
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...
WITHOUT CAREFULNESS] RV 'free from cares.' 33, 34. The exact words and punctuation are doubtful (cp. RM); but this does not affect the general sense, viz. that the unmarried are less subject to world...
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 I WOULD HAVE YOU. — These words seem to take up again the form of expression in 1 Corinthians 7:28. I would spare you trouble; I also wish to have you free from anxious care. That is my reason for...
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...
θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς κ. τ. λ. (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:7): “But I want you to be unanxious (ἀμερίμνους);” _cf._ φείδομαι, 1 Corinthians 7:28. This is the reason why P. labours the advice of this section; see ou...
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...
(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...
32._But I would wish you. _He returns to the _advice _which he had spoken of, (1 Corinthians 7:25,) but had not as yet fully explained, and in the outset he pronounces, as he is wont, a commendation u...
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 I WOULD HAVE YOU WITHOUT CAREFULNESS,.... This is another reason, by which the apostle confirms the advice he gives to virgins to remain such, because the married state is full of cares, whereas t...
But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: Ver. 32. _Without carefulness_] That unavoidably attendeth th...
_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...
WITHOUT CAREFULNESS; not distracted by worldly cares. CARETH FOR THE THINGS THAT BELONG TO THE LORD; is able to give his undivided attention to them....
A comparison of the married and unmarried state:...
BUT I WOULD HAVE YOU WITHOUT CAREFULNESS. HE THAT IS UNMARRIED CARETH FOR THE THINGS THAT BELONG TO THE LORD, HOW HE MAY PLEASE THE LORD;...
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. WOULD HAVE YOU TO BE FREE FROM CARES. HE THAT IS UNMARRIED IS CAREFUL FOR THE THINGS OF THE LORD, HOW HE MAY PLEASE THE LORD: 'free from cares' -'But. want you to be free from concern.' (NASV);...
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...
BUT I WOULD HAVE YOU WITHOUT CAREFULNESS; the reason why I have advised (during the present distressed estate of the church) a single rather than a married life, for those to whom God hath given the g...
But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III " Quid vero? annon licet etiam eis, qui secundum Deum placent uxori, Deo gratias agere? Annon permittitur etiam el, qui uxorem duxit, una cam conjugio etiam ess...
1 Corinthians 7:32 But G1161 want G1511 (G5750) G2309 (G5719) you G5209 care G275 unmarried G22 cares...
‘But I would have you free from cares. He who is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. But he who is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may p...
_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...
FREE FROM CARES (αμεριμνους). Old compound adjective (α privative and μεριμνα, anxiety). In N.T. only here and Matthew 28:14 which see.THE THINGS OF THE LORD (τα του Κυριου). The ideal state (so a...
1 Corinthians 7:32 I. If you look at the context of this passage, you will perceive that St. Paul's words refer to a particular case, or take their rise from circumstances peculiar to the times. The t...
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...
TO BE FREE FROM WORRY. See 1 Corinthians 7:26. AN UNMARRIED MAN. The unmarried man is responsible only for himself, and can _give himself_ to the Lord's work....
_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...
_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...
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 7:34; 1 Timothy 5:5; Matthew 13:22; Matthew 6:25;...
Without carefulness [α μ ε ρ ι μ ν ο υ ς]. Not a good translation, because carefulness has lost its earlier sense of anxiety. So Latimer : "This wicked carefulness of men, when they seek how to live -...
Now I would have you — For this flying moment. Without carefulness — Without any incumbrance of your thoughts. The unmarried man — If he understand and use the advantage he enjoys — Careth only for th...
Here our apostle subjoins another reason why. single life is to be preferred before. married life; namely, because single persons are comparatively more free from cares and distractions, and have comm...