1 Corinthians 7:34

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. DIFFERENCE ALSO - not merely the unmarried and the married man differ in respective duties, but also the wife and the virgin. A woman undergoes a greater change than a man in contracting marriage. So G f g. But 'Aleph (') A B Delta read [ kai (G2532) memeristai (G3307)] (1 Corinthians 7:33) 'He that is married careth for the world, AND is divided (in heart, M...

34._The unmarried woman and the virgin. _What he had laid down as to men he now declares in like manner as to women — that virgins and widows are not prevented by earthly things from devoting their whole cares and their whole affections to God. Not that all act this part, but that there is opportunity for it, if the mind is so disposed. When he says, _that she may be holy in body and in spirit_, he shows what kind of chastity is true and acceptable to God — when the mind is kept unpolluted in the sight of God. Would to God that this were more carefully attended to! As to _the body, _we see what kind of devotement to the Lord there commonly is on the part of monks, nuns, and the whole scum of the Papistical clergy, than whose celibacy nothing can be imagined that is more obscene. (435) But not to speak at present of chastity of _body_, where is there one to be found among those that are h...

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 marry, and entangle them with vows to remain single, whether they ought to do so or not! He exhorts all Christians to holy indifference toward the world. As to relations; they must not set their hearts on the comforts of the state. As to afflictions; they must not indulge the sorrow of the world: even in sorrow the heart may be joyful. As to worldly enjoyments; here is not their rest. As to worldly employment; those that prosper in trade, and increase in wealth, should hold their possessions as though they held them not. As to all worldly concerns; they must keep the world out of their hearts, that they may not abuse it when they have it in their hands. All worldly things are show; nothing solid...

Verse 34. _THERE IS A DIFFERENCE ALSO BETWEEN A WIFE AND A_ _VIRGIN._] That is: There is this difference between a _married_ and an _unmarried_ woman. _The unmarried careth_ (only) _for the things of_ _the Lord_, having no domestic duties to perform. _That she may be_ _holy_-separated to Divine employments, both in _body and spirit_. Whereas _she that is married careth_ (also) _for the things of the_ _world, how she may please her husband_, having many domestic duties to fulfil, her husband being obliged to leave to her the care of the family, and all other domestic concerns. On this verse there is a profusion of various readings in MSS., _versions_, and _fathers_, for which I must refer to _Griesbach_, as it would be impossible to introduce them here so as to make them look like sense....

BETWEEN A WIFE AND A VIRGIN, - Between a woman that is married and one that is unmarried. The apostle says that a similar difference between the condition of her that is married and her that is unmarried takes place, which had been observed between the married and the unmarried man. The Greek word here (μεμέρισται memeristai) may mean, “is divided,” and be rendered, “the wife and the virgin are divided in the same manner;” that is, there is the same difference in their case as exists between the married and the unmarried man. THE UNMARRIED WOMEN ... - Has more advantages for attending to the things of religion; has fewer temptations to neglect her proper duty to God. BOTH IN BODY AND IN SPIRIT - Entirely holy; that she may be entirely devoted to God. Perhaps in her case the apostle mentions the “body,” wh

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._ 1 CORINTHIANS 7:1 NOW CONCERNING. This refers to questions of the Corinthians. It is GOOD FOR A MAN NOT TO TOUCH A WOMAN. The word used is not _agathon, _good, but _kalon, _fair; "an excellent thing." In 1 Corinthians 7:26 he limits the word by the clause, "good for the p

THERE IS DIFFERENCE ALSO BETWEEN A WIFE AND A VIRGIN,.... The word μεμερισται, translated "there is difference", stands in some copies at the end of the last verse, and in the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, by which it is rendered, "and is divided"; referring to the married man, whose thoughts are distracted with the cares of the world, and his mind divided between the Lord and his wife, between the things that please the one, and those that please the other; so that he cannot attend upon the Lord without distraction, as the unmarried person may; see 1 Corinthians 7:35. But the more generally received reading is what we follow; in which words the apostle shows, that there is just the same difference between a married and an unmarried woman, as there is between a married and an unmarried man. There is no difference in their nature, nor sex, but in their state and condition, a

WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...

1 CORINTHIANS 7:34 kai. meme,ristai) kai. h` gunh. h` a;gamoj kai. h` parqe,noj {D} After considering the multiplicity of variant readings and the uncertainties of interpretation, the Committee decided that the least unsatisfactory reading is that supported by early representatives of the Alexandrian and the Western types of text (î15 B 104 vg copsa, bo). The absence of the first kai, in some witnesses (Dc F G K L Y 614 _Byz_) is to be accounted for either as a palaeographical oversight (after gunaiKI) or (in the case at least of Dc) as a deliberate excision in order to avoid construing h` gunh, and...

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 Callings. (1 Corinthians 7:17). 4. The Unmarried and Married in Contrast. (1 Corinthians 7:25). It is evident from the first verse that the Corinthians had inquired of the Apostle about marriage and the relationship of man and woman. It was an important question in a city of the character of Corinth, so full of immorality. This chapter answers their questi