What does 1 Corinthians 7:40 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God."
1 CORINTHIANS 7:40 qeou/ {A} The reading Cristou/ in two manuscripts (î15 33) arose through faulty transcription....
Verse 1 Corinthians 7:40. _BUT SHE IS HAPPIER IF SHE SO ABIDE_] If she continue in her _widowhood_ because of the _present distress_; for this must always be taken in, that consistency in the apostle...
IF SHE SO ABIDE - If she remain a widow even if she could be married to a Christian. AFTER MY JUDGMENT - In my opinion; 1 Corinthians 7:25. AND I THINK ALSO THAT I HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD - Macknight...
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 C...
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)...
AFTER. according to. App-104. SPIRIT OF GOD. Divine spirit. App-101....
The Second Marriage of Women 39. _The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth_ Cf. Romans 7:2. _if her husband be dead_ Literally, IF HER HUSBAND SLEEP, or rather, perhaps, BE LAID TO...
39, 40. THE SECOND MARRIAGE OF WOMEN...
_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...
ΜΑΚΑΡΙΩΤΈΡΑ _сотр. от_ ΜΑΚΆΡΙΟΣ (G3107) счастливый (TDNT; TLNT; Matthew 5:3); _fem. сотр._ счастливее, ΜΕΊΝΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G3306) оставаться. _Conj._ с έάν в _conj._ 3 типа, в котором ус...
I THINK ALSO THAT I HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD.— This seems to glance at his adversaries in the church, who might be of a different opinion. What he writes was to answer questions proposed. It is very unr...
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 she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. HAPPIER (; ; 1 Corinthians 7:34). I THINK ALSO - `I also;' just as you Corinthians think mu...
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...
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 B...
THE WIFE. — The question of the re-marriage of widows is here considered. It was probably a matter in which his opinion had been asked, and, in any case, naturally completes the subject of marriage. T...
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...
§ 24. FREEDOM TO MARRY. The question of the marriage of Cor [1201] Christian maidens Paul has discussed on grounds of expediency. The narrow earthly horizon, the perils of the Christian lot, the divis...
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 give...
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. T...
Should Widows Remarry? McGarvey thinks the fourth question was, "Should widows remarry?" Marriage is a contract for life, with but one exception (Romans 7:1-3; Matthew 19:9). If either party died, th...
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)...
(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...
40._But she is happier if she so abide _Why? Is it because widowhood is of itself a virtue? No; but because it will have less to distract, and is more exempt from earthly cares. As to what he adds — _...
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 SHE IS HAPPIER IF SHE SO ABIDE,.... That is, a widow, in an unmarried state; which is to be understood not of the happiness of another world, but of this: the apostle's meaning is, that she would...
But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. Ver. 40. _But she is happier_] _i.e._ She shall live more at ease, and have less to care for. An...
_The wife is bound by the law_ See on Romans 7:2. Or the apostle may mean _the law of the gospel_, called _the law of faith_, and _the law of liberty;_ or he may intend the law of marriage given to Ad...
SO ABIDE; continue unmarried during these troublous times, if she can so remain consistently. I HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD; to guide me in the views expressed on this subject....
The right of the father to give his daughter in marriage:...
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 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...
36-40 The apostle is thought to give advice here about the disposal of children in marriage. In this view, the general meaning is plain. Children should seek and follow the directions of their parents...
But if other circumstances concur, that a widow can abide without marriage without waxing wanton, and running into temptation, and so as to manage her outward concerns without the help of a husband, m...
But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the spirit of God....
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity Concerning Him he exultingly says: "And I think also that I have the Spirit of God."[259] Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus A Sectional Confession of Faith "A...
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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 T...
HAPPIER (μακαριωτερα). Comparative of μακαριος used in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3).AFTER MY JUDGMENT (κατα την εμην γνωμην). The same word used in verse 1 Corinthians 7:25, not a command.I THINK...
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...
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...
SHE WILL BE HAPPIER. See note on 1 Corinthians 7:26. His answer is based on pragmatic considerations. Under different conditions, he recommends marriage (see 1 Timothy 5:14). I THINK THAT I TOO HAVE G...
_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...
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. Marr...
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...
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 14:36; 1 Corinthians 14:37; 1 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Corinthians 7:26; 1 Corinthians 7:35; 1 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Corinthians 9:1;...
Happier [μ α κ α ρ ι ω τ ε ρ α]. More blessed is preferable. The word has a higher meaning than happy. See on Matthew 5:3; Matthew 5:9; Matthew 5:9 "Such, if on high their thoughts are set, Nor in the...
I also — As well as any of you. Have the Spirit of God — Teaching me all things This does not imply any doubt; but the strongest certainty of it, together with a reproof of them for calling it in ques...
How can Paul’s words be inspired if he says he is merely giving his own opinion? PROBLEM: In two places in 1 Corinthians (1 Corinthians 7:12), the Apostle Paul seems to imply that he is writing on hi...