FIRST CORINTHIANS-CHAPTER 1 CORINTHIANS 7:1-16: _ OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY-MARK DUNAGAN_ I. The Premise of the Whole Chapter: 1 Corinthians 7:1-2 II. Sexual Obligations in Marriage: 1 Corinthians 7:3-6 III. Advice to the Unmarried/Widows: 1 Corinthians 7:7-9 IV. Commands to the Married: 1 Corinth... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW CONCERNING THE THINGS WHEREOF YE WROTE: IT IS GOOD FOR. MAN NOT TO TOUCH. WOMAN. 'Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote' -'The matters which they raised can be gathered in part from Paul's introducing them successively with "now concerning"; by this criterion they included: marriage and di... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT, BECAUSE OF FORNICATIONS, LET EACH MAN HAVE HIS OWN WIFE, AND LET EACH WOMAN HAVE HER OWN HUSBAND. 'because of fornications' -(multiplied occurrences of it). 'but because there is no much immorality' (Mon) 'The many instances of fornication current.' (Alford p. 1010) 'Because of the (prevalent... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THE HUSBAND RENDER UNTO THE WIFE HER DUE: AND LIKEWISE ALSO THE WIFE UNTO THE HUSBAND. One might ask, what do verses 3-6 have to do with the previous points? 'In verse. he has said that celibacy is honorable and advantageous, but, come what may, fornication must be avoided. The lawful channel f... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WIFE HATH NOT POWER OVER HER OWN BODY, BUT THE HUSBAND: AND LIKEWISE ALSO THE HUSBAND HATH NOT POWER OVER HIS OWN BODY, BUT THE WIFE. 'power' -1850. exousiazo ex-oo-see-ad'-zo; from 1849; to control: -exercise authority upon, bring under the (have) power of. 'The wife does not have the right t... [ Continue Reading ]
DEFRAUD YE NOT ONE THE OTHER, EXCEPT IT BE BY CONSENT FOR. SEASON, THAT YE MAY GIVE YOURSELVES UNTO PRAYER, AND MAY BE TOGETHER AGAIN, THAT SATAN TEMPT YOU NOT BECAUSE OF YOUR INCONTINENCY. 'Defraud' -650. apostereo ap-os-ter-eh'-o; from 575 and stereo (to deprive); to despoil: -defraud, destitute... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THIS. SAY BY WAY OF CONCESSION, NOT OF COMMANDMENT. 'concession' -4774. suggnome soong-gno'-may; from. compound of 4862 and 1097; fellow knowledge, i.e. concession: -permission. ' The question that arises is what in the previous verses is. "concession" and not. "command"? Something that is al... [ Continue Reading ]
YET. WOULD THAT ALL MEN WERE EVEN AS. MYSELF. HOWBEIT EACH MAN HATH HIS OWN GIFT FROM GOD, ONE AFTER THIS MANNER, AND ANOTHER AFTER THAT. 'all men were even as. myself' -'I would that every one lived as. do.' (Mon) We should note, this statement is saying more than, "I wish that everyone were sin... [ Continue Reading ]
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 possible that by "the unmarried" (masculine plural) the apostle means only men since widows are added and s... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF THEY HAVE NOT CONTINENCY, LET THEM MARRY: FOR IT IS BETTER TO MARRY THAN TO BURN. 'But' -'But he insists again on people being sensible about their personal limitations.' (McGuiggan p. 96) 'THAN TO BURN' -'to burn is. present to indicate. recurrent condition'. (Lenski p. 284) 'Continuous p... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT UNTO THE MARRIED. GIVE CHARGE, YEA NOT I, BUT THE LORD, THAT THE WIFE DEPART NOT FROM HER HUSBAND 'the married' -considering the context, verses 10-11 are specifically directed at. marriage involving two Christians. (1 Corinthians 7:12) 'I GIVE CHARGE' -3853. paraggello par-ang-gel'-lo; from... [ Continue Reading ]
(BUT SHOULD SHE DEPART, LET HER REMAIN UNMARRIED, OR ELSE BE RECONCILED TO HER HUSBAND); AND THAT THE HUSBAND LEAVE NOT HIS WIFE. 'but should she depart' -'describes an exception whether past, present or future.' (Willis p. 221) 'but if she be already parted' (Con); 'if she has done so' (TCNT) 'L... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT TO THE REST SAY I, NOT THE LORD: IF ANY BROTHER HATH AN UNBELIEVING WIFE, AND SHE IS CONTENT TO DWELL WITH HIM, LET HIM NOT LEAVE HER. 'say I, not the Lord' -'he leaves the realm of those things which Jesus personally discussed.' (Willis p. 223) 'Shall. Christian husband or wife be compelled t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE WOMAN THAT HATH AN UNBELIEVING HUSBAND, AND HE IS CONTENT TO DWELL WITH HER, LET HER NOT LEAVE HER HUSBAND. Again, Paul doesn't give. double standard.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE UNBELIEVING HUSBAND IS SANCTIFIED IN THE WIFE, AND THE UNBELIEVING WIFE IS SANCTIFIED IN THE BROTHER: ELSE WERE YOUR CHILDREN UNCLEAN; BUT NOW ARE THEY HOLY. 'sanctified' -first of all, we already know what this verse isn't teaching: That marriage to. Christian automatically saves you. Ve... [ Continue Reading ]
YET IF THE UNBELIEVING DEPARTETH, LET HIM DEPART: THE BROTHER OR THE SISTER IS NOT UNDER BONDAGE IN SUCH CASES: BUT GOD HATH CALLED US IN PEACE. 'departeth' -'determined to separate' (Wey), i.e. wants out of the marriage. (1 Corinthians 7:11) The separation under consideration here is in "process... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HOW KNOWEST THOU,. WIFE, WHETHER THOU SHALT SAVE THY HUSBAND? OR HOW KNOWEST THOU,. HUSBAND, WHETHER THOU SHALT SAVE THY WIFE? 'For how knowest thou' -'For how do you know' (NASV). 'This verse has been used as. reason to keep the marriage going and as. reason to let it go.' (McGuiggan p. 109)... [ Continue Reading ]
ONLY, AS THE LORD HATH DISTRIBUTED TO EACH MAN, AS GOD HATH CALLED EACH, SO LET HIM WALK. AND SO ORDAIN. IN ALL THE CHURCHES. 'Only' -'I would add this' (Nor) 'This sentence is tied to what precedes by the excepting conjunction "nevertheless", which refers back to the exception in v. 15. The broth... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS ANY MAN CALLED BEING CIRCUMCISED? LET HIM NOT BECOME UNCIRCUMCISED. HATH ANY BEEN CALLED IN UNCIRCUMCISION? LET HIM NOT BE CIRCUMCISED. 'called being circumcised?' -'already circumcised?' 'LET HIM NOT BECOME UNCIRCUMCISED.' -'Let him not try to disguise it' (Wey) Many believe that this verse... [ Continue Reading ]
CIRCUMCISION IS NOTHING, AND UNCIRCUMCISION IS NOTHING; BUT THE KEEPING OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. 'Circumcision is nothing' -Wow! Talk about. statement that would of "offended" the Jewish community in Corinth! 'It is hard for us to imagine the horror with which. fellow Jew would have responded.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET EACH MAN ABIDE IN THAT CALLING WHEREIN HE WAS CALLED. 'abide' -'remain in that condition in which he was called' (NASV) Here, for instance, is one such condition where. person might become. Christian in.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAST THOU CALLED BEING. BONDSERVANT? CARE NOT FOR IT: NAY, EVEN IF THOU CANST BECOME FREE, USE IT RATHER. 'The central and important issue with Paul was not the external circumstances, but one's response to the call of God. (No one..ever believed that Paul was saying we could abide in the calling o... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE THAT WAS CALLED IN THE LORD BEING. BONDSERVANT, IS THE LORD'S FREEDMAN: LIKEWISE HE THAT WAS CALLED BEING FREE, IS CHRIST'S BONDSERVANT. 'For he that was called in the Lord being. bondservant' -'while. slave' (NASV) 'IS THE LORD'S FREEDMAN' -an old word for. manumitted slave. (Robertson p.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE WERE BOUGHT WITH. PRICE; BECOME NOT BONDSERVANTS OF MEN. 'Ye were bought with. price' -the price of our freedom and our slavery. (1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18) 'BECOME NOT BONDSERVANTS OF MEN' -not in the sense of becoming physical slaves of men. For many in the First Century couldn't avoi... [ Continue Reading ]
BRETHREN, LET EACH MAN, WHEREIN HE WAS CALLED, THEREIN ABIDE WITH GOD. 'with God' -'in close communion with God' (TCNT); 'to live his life with God in the state in which he was when he was called.' (Phi) 'The prepositional phrase "with God" puts the whole issue into perspective. One is not simply... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW CONCERNING VIRGINS. HAVE NO COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD: BUT. GIVE MY JUDGMENT, AS ONE THAT HATH OBTAINED MERCY OF THE LORD TO BE TRUSTWORTHY. 'Now concerning virgins' -'the opening words of this phrase suggest that this was. specific question raised in the Corinthian's letter.' (F.F. Bruce p. 73)... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS 7:26. THINK THEREFORE THAT THIS IS GOOD BY REASON OF THE DISTRESS THAT IS UPON US, NAMELY, THAT IT IS GOOD FOR. MAN TO BE AS HE IS. 'I think therefore' -the language of one giving advice. 'Paul proceeds to express therefore the previously mentioned judgement, and call it his opinion,... [ Continue Reading ]
ART THOU BOUND UNTO. WIFE? SEEK NOT TO BE LOOSED. ART THOU LOOSED FROM. WIFE? SEEK NOT. WIFE. 'bound unto. wife?' -'didst thou marry at one time, and art thou thus married now?' (Lenski p. 313) 'Are you married?' (NIV) (1 Corinthians 7:39; Romans 7:2) 'SEEK NOT TO BE LOOSED' -'do not be seeking'... [ Continue Reading ]
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 in vv 26-27) do marry..' (Fee p. 332) 'THOU HAST NOT SINNED' -indicating that those "loosed" have... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THIS. SAY, BRETHREN, THE TIME IS SHORTENED, THAT HENCEFORTH BOTH THOSE THAT HAVE WIVES MAY BE AS THOUGH THEY HAD NONE; 'But this. say' -'What. mean' (TCNT) 'A new turn is here given to the argument about the present necessity.' (Robertson p. 133) 'but. will add this solemn consideration.' (Alf... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOSE THAT WEEP, AS THOUGH THEY WEPT NOT; AND THOSE THAT REJOICE,AS THOUGH THEY REJOICED NOT; AND THOSE THAT BUY, AS THOUGH THEY POSSESSED NOT;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOSE THAT USE THE WORLD, AS NOT USING IT TO THE FULL: FOR THE FASHION OF THIS WORLD PASSETH AWAY. 'as not using it to the full' -'that is, be "not engrossed" or "absorbed" in it.' (Fee p. 341) 'While you use the world, don't try to get out of it all you can.' (Beck); 'And those who are busy w... [ Continue Reading ]
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); 'free from all anxieties' (Mon); 'I don't want you to worry.' (Beck) Note the love of God for these... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE THAT IS MARRIED IS CAREFUL FOR THE THINGS OF THE WORLD, HOW HE MAY PLEASE HIS WIFE, 'things of the world' -i.e. not sinful things of the world, but the things of the world which are necessary for his wife and family. Further explained by, 'how he may please his wife.' 'HOW HE MAY PLEASE HI... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IS DIVIDED. SO ALSO THE WOMAN THAT IS UNMARRIED AND THE VIRGIN IS CAREFUL FOR THE THINGS OF THE LORD, THAT SHE MAY BE HOLY BOTH IN BODY AND IN SPIRIT: BUT SHE THAT IS MARRIED IS CAREFUL FOR THE THINGS OF THE WORLD, HOW SHE MAY PLEASE HER HUSBAND. 'and is divided' -'That does not mean that he i... [ Continue Reading ]
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 to help you' (Tay); 'for the advantage of your own selves.' (Lenski p. 324) 'A third time Paul dec... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF ANY MAN THINKETH THAT HE BEHAVETH HIMSELF UNSEEMINGLY TOWARD HIS VIRGIN DAUGHTER, IF SHE BE PAST THE FLOWER OF HER AGE, AND IF NEED SO REQUIRETH, LET HIM DO WHAT HE WILL; HE SINNETH NOT; LET THEM MARRY. 'that he behaveth himself unseemingly toward his virgin (daughter)' -'is not acting prop... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE THAT STANDETH STEDFAST IN HIS HEART, HAVING NO NECESSITY, BUT HATH POWER AS TOUCHING IN HIS OWN HEART, TO KEEP HIS OWN VIRGIN DAUGHTER, SHALL DO WELL. 'standeth steadfast in his heart' -'has settled the matter in his own mind', i.e. has made up his own mind. (Fee p. 353) This would demand s... [ Continue Reading ]
SO THEN BOTH HE THAT GIVETH HIS OWN VIRGIN DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE DOETH WELL; AND HE THAT GIVETH HER NOT IN MARRIAGE SHALL DO BETTER. 'shall do better' -i.e. in view of the present circumstances. And yet we need to remember that if. father overlooks the needs and desires of his own daughter, he may... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS 7:39. WIFE IS BOUND FOR SO LONG TIME AS HER HUSBAND LIVETH; BUT IF THE HUSBAND BE DEAD, SHE IS FREE TO BE MARRIED TO WHOM SHE WILL; ONLY IN THE LORD. 'bound' -'The perfect..means that, once bound by the marriage tie...remains thus bound as long as her husband lives, which is self-evi... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT SHE IS HAPPIER IF SHE ABIDE AS SHE IS, AFTER MY JUDGMENT: AND. THINK THAT. ALSO HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD. 'happier' -i.e. in view of the present circumstances. 'ABIDE AS SHE IS' -single. 'AFTER MY JUDGEMENT' -probably referring back to Paul's "reasons" in 1 Corinthians 7:28-35. Note: In anothe... [ Continue Reading ]