A brother or a sister] the Christian partner. Not under bondage] i.e. is not bound to continue with the other.

15, 16. God hath called us to (RV 'in') peace.. save thy wife] 1 Corinthians 7:16 either (a) continues the thought of 1 Corinthians 7:15—God's aim for us is peace, which will here be best secured by separation; and the possibility of saving the heathen partner by remaining is, after all, uncertain—but more probably, (b) it continues the main thought of 1 Corinthians 7:12; 1 Corinthians 7:15 being parenthetical, 'But God desires that the married should live in peace together, and this may result in the conversion of the heathen partner.'

17-24. The general principle; let each remain as he was when God. called him (1 Corinthians 7:17; 1 Corinthians 7:20; 1 Corinthians 7:24). This holds good, (a) of circumcision and uncircumcision. Let each keep as he is; the one important thing is to keep God's commandments. (b) Of slavery and freedom. A slave should not mind his position (though he may avail himself of an opportunity to become free). The Christian slave is Christ's freedman; the Christian freeman, Christ's bond-: servant, owing service to Him, not to men.

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