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Verse 27. _ART THOU BOUND UNTO A WIFE?_] i e. _Married_; for the
marriage contract was considered in the light of a _bond_.
_SEEK NOT TO BE LOOSED._] Neither regret your circumstances,
notwithstandin...
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ART THOU BOUND UNTO A WIFE? - Art thou already married? Marriage is
often thus represented as a “tie,” a “bond,” etc.; see the
note at Romans 7:2.
SEEK NOT TO BE LOOSED - Seek not a “dissolution” (λύ...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)...
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BOUND. Greek. _deo,_ not _doudoe,_ as in 1 Corinthians 7:15
TO BE LOOSED. release. Greek. _lusis_. Only here.
LOOSED. Greek. pass, of _luo._...
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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...
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE MARRIAGE OF VIRGINS....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed
from a wife? seek not a wife.
Illustrating . Neither the married (those "bound to a wife") nor the
unmarried (those "loosed from a...
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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...
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_(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...
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ART THOU LOOSED] i.e. unmarried....
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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...
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ART THOU BOUND UNTO A WIFE? — This is an explanation and
re-assertion of the previous words “so to be.” Being “loosed
from a wife” does not mean a separation after marriage, but simply
“unmarried.”...
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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...
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§ 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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: The present state of things....
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Notwithstanding the intrinsic excellence of celibacy, marriage should
be the rule in practice. Such is the general meaning of this first
passage....
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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)...
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“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...
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(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...
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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...
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27._Art thou bound to a wife? _Having stated what would be most
advantageous, he adds at the same time, that we ought not to be so
much influenced by the advantages of celibacy, that one that is bound...
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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...
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ART THOU BOUND UNTO A WIFE?.... Or to a woman; either by promise, or
by espousal, or by consummate marriage; either of which is a tic, or
obligation, a bond, and especially the latter; marriage is suc...
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Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed
from a wife? seek not a wife.
Ver. 27. _Art thou bound to a wife?_] A manifest metaphor from oxen.
Hence we call them yoke fellows:...
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_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...
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ART THOU BOUND UNTO A WIFE? SEEK NOT TO BE LOOSED. ART THOU LOOSED
FROM A WIFE? SEEK NOT A WIFE....
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The question of celibacy in general:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Art thou bound by marriage, or bound by contract, do not use any
sinful ways to be loosed from that bond, either by divorce or by a
voluntary departure: if the unbeliever will depart, he or she may, y...
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Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed
from a wife? seek not a wife....
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III
Idem autem ilia quoque scribit: "Alligatus es uxori? ne quaeras
solutionem. Solutus es ab uxore? ne quaeras uxorem."[69]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
an...
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1 Corinthians 7:27 bound G1210 (G5769) wife G1135 not G3361 seek G2212
(G5720) loosed G3080 (G5769) loos
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‘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...
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_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...
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ART THOU BOUND TO A WIFE?
(δεδεσα γυναικι;). Perfect passive indicative of δεω,
to bind, with dative case γυναικ. Marriage bond as in Romans
7:2.SEEK NOT TO BE LOOSED
(μη ζητε λυσιν). Present act...
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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...
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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...
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DO YOU HAVE A WIFE? If you are married, the Lord decrees that you must
not abandon her (see notes on 1 Corinthians 7:10-11). ARE YOU
UNMARRIED? Either a bachelor or a widower. THEN DON'T LOOK FOR A WI...
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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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._...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 7:12; 1 Corinthians 7:20...