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Verse 23. _YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE_] As truly as your bodies have
become the property of your masters, in consequence of his paying down
a price for you; so sure you are now the Lord's property, in...
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YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE - Though you are slaves to people, yet you
have been purchased for God by the blood of His Son; see the note at 1
Corinthians 6:20. You are, therefore, in his sight of inest...
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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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He now passes on to special classes. First, those who are unmarried or
have lost their partners. It would be best for them to follow Paul's
example and remain as they are. But if they have not the gif...
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The one thing that is necessary is that each man should walk as God
has allotted to him and as God has called him. It is thus that I order
things in all the Churches. Was any man called after he had b...
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COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)...
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ARE. were.
BOUGHT. See 1 Corinthians 6:20....
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_be not ye the servants of men_ Literally, SLAVES OF MEN. Let your
minds and spirits be free, whatever may be your outward condition,
i.e. be indifferent to mere external relations altogether, for tho...
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Christianity not intended to revolutionize the relations between the
believer and society
17. _But as God hath distributed_ The permission to live apart from a
heathen husband or wife is given only to...
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CHRISTIANITY NOT INTENDED TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
BELIEVER AND SOCIETY...
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ΤΙΜΗ͂Σ ἨΓΟΡΆΣΘΗΤΕ. See ch. 1 Corinthians 6:20.
ΔΟΥ͂ΛΟΙ�. SLAVES OF MEN. Let your minds and spirits be free,
whatever may be your outward condition, i.e. be indifferent to mere
external relations altog...
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_CONCERNING GOD'S CALL 1 CORINTHIANS 7:17-24:_ The Bible teaches that
we should be content in whatever situation we are in. Paul said, "As
the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordai...
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ΤΙΜΉΣ _gen. sing._ (G5092), _см._ 1 Corinthians 6:20. _Gen._
стоимости,
ΉΓΟΡΆΣΘΗΤΕ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΑΓΟΡΆΖΩ (G59)
покупать на рынке, приобретать (_см._ 1
Corinthians 6:20; АРС,
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YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE— _Slaves_ were bought and sold in the
market, as cattle are, and the laws of the Roman Empire considered
them as the property of the purchasers. This therefore is a reason f...
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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
_Directions for the Married_ (10-24)
_Commentary_
Unto the married, I give charge.Paul, speaking as an apostle of
Christ, gives direction to those who are already married. It is...
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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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BOUGHT WITH A PRICE] cp. 1 Corinthians 6:20. SERVANTS] (RV
'bondservants') OF MEN] i.e. slavishly yielding to their desires;
slaves to custom or public opinion: cp. 2 Corinthians 11:20....
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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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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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YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE... — Better, _You were bought with a
price therefore become not slaves of men._ This carries on the idea of
freedmen of the previous verse. With a great price — even the blo...
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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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§ 22. GOD'S CALLING AND ONE'S EARTHLY STATION. In treating of
questions relating to marriage, the Apostle's general advice admitting
of large exceptions (1 Corinthians 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:9; 1
Corint...
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τιμῆς ἠγοράσθητε (see note on 1 Corinthians 6:20)
explains the position both of the δοῦλος
ἀπελεύθερος and the ἐλεύθ. δοῦλος by the same
act of purchase: the slave has been liberated from sin, and the...
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SERVE GOD IN YOUR CALLING
1 Corinthians 7:15
There was much unsettlement in regard to marriage in the church at
Corinth. An unnatural asceticism was showing itself in some quarters
and a lawless self...
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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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The Christian's Social Relations
Becoming a Christian should not be used as an excuse for disrupting
normal social relations, assuming they are not sinful. Christianity is
only disruptive to that whic...
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(14) Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
(14) He shows the reason of the unlikeness, because he that desired to
be circumcised makes himself subject to man's tradition and not...
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_With a price. Viz. with the price of the precious blood of Christ.
(Estius) --- Him only should we serve, for whatever draws us from this
allegiance, is perfect servitude, such as the love of any per...
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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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To illustrate the spirit of the prescriptions which he has just given,
and to trace at the same time the line of conduct to be followed in
certain analogous cases which occurred in the life of the Chu...
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“For he that was called in the Lord being a slave, is the Lord's
freedman; likewise he that was called being free is Christ's slave.
23. Ye were bought with a price: become not the slaves of men!”
Acc...
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The second person plural which comes in here shows that the apostle is
addressing the entire Church without distinction. If some from being
slaves have become free, and the others from being free have...
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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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23._Yea are bought with a price _We had these words in the preceding
chapter, (1 Corinthians 6:20,) but for a different purpose. As to the
word _price_, I have stated there, what is my view of it. The...
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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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YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE,.... Some read these words interrogatively,
as 1 Corinthians 7:18, "are ye bought with a price?" and suppose them
directed to such who had bought out their time of servitude...
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Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Ver. 23. _Ye are bought with a price_] The redeemed among the Romans
were to addict themselves to the service of their redeemers, and to
obs...
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_Let every man abide wherein he was called_ Affect not to change
without the clear and evident leadings of Providence, as there is
generally greater reason to expect a man will enjoy comfort, and be
h...
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YE; Christians of all countries and conditions, high and low, rich and
poor, bond and free.
ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE; redeemed from endless bondage to sin, Satan,
and death by the precious blood of Ch...
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A general application of these truths:...
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YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE; BE NOT YE THE SERVANTS OF MEN....
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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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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...
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17-24 The rules of Christianity reach every condition; and in every
state a man may live so as to be a credit to it. It is the duty of
every Christian to be content with his lot, and to conduct himse...
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What PRICE we ARE BOUGHT WITH, we heard, 1 CORINTHIANS 6:20: the
apostle there pressed it upon us as our duty to glorify God with our
bodies and our spirits; here he presseth upon us another duty, viz...
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Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men....
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1 Corinthians 7:23 bought G59 (G5681) price G5092 not G3361 become
G1096 (G5737) slaves G1401 men G444...
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‘You were bought with a price. Do not be the bondservants of men.'
Taken literally this would contradict what he has said above. But he
does not intend it to be taken literally. It continues the thoug...
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CHRISTIANS NEED NOT FEEL COMPELLED TO LEAVE THE STATE IN WHICH THEY
WERE WHEN THEY WERE CALLED (7:17-24).
Paul now stresses that from a spiritual point of view Christians need
not worry about their ea...
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_The forgoing Principles applied to other Cases,_ 18-24.
And first, _Circumcision._
1 Corinthians 7:18. WAS ANY MAN CALLED BEING CIRCUMCISED? LET HIM NOT
BECOME UNCIRCUMCISED which, under the persec...
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YE WERE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE
(τιμης ηγορασθητε). See on 1 Corinthians 6:20 for this
very phrase, here repeated. Both classes (slaves and freemen) were
purchased by the blood of Christ.BECOME NOT BON...
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1 Corinthians 7:23
I. St. Paul's words, "Be not ye the slaves of men," have an important
bearing upon the exercise of the understanding. "Bought with a price"
by one who claims, not one part, but the...
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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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GOD BOUGHT YOU FOR A PRICE. Compare Acts 20:28; Galatians 2:20; 2
Corinthians 5:14-21. God buys us from our old owner, _sin,_ through
the DEATH of his Son! SO DO NOT BECOME MEN'S SLAVES. "Do not let h...
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_But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called
every one, so let him walk._
EVERY CHRISTIAN AT HIS POST
1. God appoints every man his station and condition in life.
2. Has calle...
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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 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18; 1 Peter 1:19; 1 Peter 3:18; Acts
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The servants of men. Not referring to the outward condition of
bondage, but to spiritual subjection to the will and guidance of men
as contrasted with Christ....
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Ye are bought with a price — Ye belong to God; therefore, where it
can be avoided, do not become the bondslaves of men — Which may
expose you to many temptations....