1 Corinthians 7:1-5
INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO MARRIAGE. The propriety and the duty of marriage:... [ Continue Reading ]
INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO MARRIAGE. The propriety and the duty of marriage:... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW CONCERNING THE THINGS WHEREOF YE WROTE UNTO ME: IT IS GOOD FOR A MAN NOT TO TOUCH A WOMAN.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEVERTHELESS, TO AVOID FORNICATION, LET EVERY MAN HAVE HIS OWN WIFE, AND LET EVERY WOMAN HAVE HER OWN HUSBAND.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THE HUSBAND RENDER UNTO THE WIFE DUE BENEVOLENCE, AND LIKEWISE ALSO THE WIFE UNTO THE HUSBAND.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WIFE HATH NOT POWER OF HER OWN BODY, BUT THE HUSBAND; AND LIKEWISE ALSO THE HUSBAND HATH NOT POWER OF HIS OWN BODY, BUT THE WIFE.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEFRAUD YE NOT ONE THE OTHER, EXCEPT IT BE WITH CONSENT FOR A TIME, THAT YE MAY GIVE YOURSELVES TO FASTING AND PRAYER; AND COME TOGETHER AGAIN THAT SATAN TEMPT YOU NOT FOR YOUR INCONTINENCY. This chapter contains St. Paul's great lesson on the state of marriage, which must be compared with the vario... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT I SPEAK THIS BY PERMISSION AND NOT OF COMMANDMENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
Marriage an obligation under circumstances:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I WOULD THAT ALL MEN WERE EVEN AS I MYSELF. BUT EVERY MAN HATH HIS PROPER GIFT OF GOD, ONE AFTER THIS MANNER AND ANOTHER AFTER THAT.... [ Continue Reading ]
I SAY, THEREFORE, TO THE UNMARRIED AND WIDOWS, IT IS GOOD FOR THEM IF THEY ABIDE EVEN AS I__... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF THEY CANNOT CONTAIN, LET THEM MARRY; FOR IT IS BETTER TO MARRY THAN TO BURN.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND UNTO THE MARRIED I COMMAND, YET NOT I, BUT THE LORD, LET NOT THE WIFE DEPART FROM HER HUSBAND;... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AND IF SHE DEPART, LET HER REMAIN UNMARRIED, OR BE RECONCILED TO HER HUSBAND; AND LET NOT THE HUSBAND PUT AWAY HIS WIFE. The apostle here refers to the leading sentence of the chapter, according to which he made marriage the rule, although he thought celibacy good. This he speaks according to al... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT TO THE REST SPEAK I, NOT THE LORD: IF ANY BROTHER HATH A WIFE THAT BELIEVETH NOT, AND SHE BE PLEASED TO DWELL WITH HIM, LET HIM NOT PUT HER AWAY.... [ Continue Reading ]
Concerning mixed marriages:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE WOMAN WHICH HATH AN HUSBAND THAT BELIEVES NOT, AND IF HE BE PLEASED TO DWELL WITH HER, LET HER NOT LEAVE HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE UNBELIEVING HUSBAND IS SANCTIFIED BY THE WIFE, AND THE UNBELIEVING WIFE IS SANCTIFIED BY THE HUSBAND; ELSE WERE YOUR CHILDREN UNCLEAN; BUT NOW ARE THEY HOLY. v. 15. BUT IF THE UNBELIEVING DEPART, LET HIM DEPART. A BROTHER OR A SISTER IS NOT UNDER BONDAGE IN SUCH CASES; BUT GOD HATH CALLED U... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHAT KNOWEST THOU, O WIFE, WHETHER THOU SHALT SAVE THY HUSBAND? OR HOW KNOWEST THOU, O MAN, WHETHER THOU SHALT SAVE THY WIFE?... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AS GOD HATH DISTRIBUTED TO EVERY MAN, AS THE LORD HATH CALLED EVERY ONE, SO LET HIM WALK. AND SO ORDAIN I IN ALL CHURCHES. In the previous section the apostle had addressed himself to the wedded couples in the congregation, where both husband and wife were Christians. He now speaks to such Chris... [ Continue Reading ]
IS ANY MAN CALLED BEING CIRCUMCISED? LET HIM NOT BECOME UNCIRCUMCISED. IS ANY CALLED IN UNCIRCUMCISION? LET HIM NOT BE CIRCUMCISED.... [ Continue Reading ]
A general application of these truths:... [ Continue Reading ]
CIRCUMCISION IS NOTHING, AND UNCIRCUMCISION IS NOTHING, BUT THE KEEPING OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET EVERY MAN ABIDE IN THE SAME CALLING WHEREIN HE WAS CALLED.... [ Continue Reading ]
ART THOU CALLED BEING A SERVANT? CARE NOT FOR IT; BUT IF THOU MAYEST BE MADE FREE, USE IT RATHER.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE THAT IS CALLED IN THE LORD, BEING A SERVANT, IS THE LORD'S FREEMAN; LIKEWISE ALSO HE THAT IS CALLED, BEING FREE, IS CHRIST'S SERVANT.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE; BE NOT YE THE SERVANTS OF MEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRETHREN, LET EVERY MAN, WHEREIN HE IS CALLED, THEREIN ABIDE WITH GOD. Just as the matter of marriage was regulated by Paul in such a way that no one was to deal presumptuously, but was always to have the proper regard for God's gift and call, so he wanted the same principles applied in other matter... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW CONCERNING VIRGINS I HAVE NO COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD; YET I GIVE MY JUDGMENT, AS ONE THAT HATH OBTAINED MERCY OF THE LORD TO BE FAITHFUL.... [ Continue Reading ]
The question of celibacy in general:... [ Continue Reading ]
I SUPPOSE, THEREFORE, THAT THIS IS GOOD FOR THE PRESENT DISTRESS; I SAY THAT IT IS GOOD FOR A MAN SO TO BE.... [ Continue Reading ]
ART THOU BOUND UNTO A WIFE? SEEK NOT TO BE LOOSED. ART THOU LOOSED FROM A WIFE? SEEK NOT A WIFE.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AND IF THOU MARRY, THOU HAST NOT SINNED; AND IF A VIRGIN MARRY, SHE HATH NOT SINNED. NEVERTHELESS, SUCH SHALL HAVE TROUBLE IN THE FLESH; BUT I SPARE YOU. In this section Paul again presupposes the general rule, based upon the institution of marriage and its blessing by God, that the normal adult... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THIS I SAY, BRETHREN, THE TIME IS SHORT; IT REMAINETH THAT BOTH THEY THAT HAVE WIVES BE AS THOUGH THEY HAD NONE;... [ Continue Reading ]
No earthly ties should hinder the service of God:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY THAT WEEP AS THOUGH THEY WEPT NOT; AND THEY THAT REJOICE AS THOUGH THEY REJOICED NOT; AND THEY THAT BUY AS THOUGH THEY POSSESSED NOT;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY THAT USE THIS WORLD AS NOT ABUSING IT; FOR THE FASHION OF THIS WORLD PASSETH AWAY. No matter under what conditions a, person lives and works, his first duty is toward the Lord, to whom the whole life of a Christian must be consecrated. There is a strong reason for reminding the Corinthians... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT I WOULD HAVE YOU WITHOUT CAREFULNESS. HE THAT IS UNMARRIED CARETH FOR THE THINGS THAT BELONG TO THE LORD, HOW HE MAY PLEASE THE LORD;... [ Continue Reading ]
A comparison of the married and unmarried state:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE THAT IS MARRIED CARETH FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE OF THE WORLD, HOW HE MAY PLEASE HIS WIFE.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE IS A 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THIS I SPEAK FOR YOUR OWN PROFIT; NOT THAT I MAY CAST A SNARE UPON YOU, BUT FOR THAT WHICH IS COMELY, AND THAT YE MAY ATTEND UPON THE LORD WITHOUT DISTRACTION. The apostle here presents his reasons for advising as he does, his aim being that his readers should be without cares and worries which... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF ANY MAN THINK THAT HE BEHAVES HIMSELF UNCOMELY TOWARD HIS VIRGIN, IF SHE PASS THE FLOWER OF HER AGE, AND NEED SO REQUIRE, LET HIM DO WHAT HE WILL, HE SINNETH NOT; LET THEM MARRY.... [ Continue Reading ]
The right of the father to give his daughter in marriage:... [ Continue Reading ]
NEVERTHELESS HE THAT STANDETH STEADFAST IN HIS HEART, HAVING NO NECESSITY, BUT HATH POWER OVER HIS OWN WILL, AND HATH SO DECREED IN HIS HEART THAT HE WILL KEEP HIS VIRGIN, DOETH WELL.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO, THEN, HE THAT GIVETH HER IN MARRIAGE DOETH WELL; BUT HE THAT GIVETH HER NOT IN MARRIAGE DOETH BETTER.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WIFE IS BOUND BY THE LAW AS LONG AS HER HUSBAND LIVETH; BUT IF HER HUSBAND BE DEAD, SHE IS AT LIBERTY TO BE MARRIED TO WHOM SHE WILL; ONLY IN THE LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT SHE IS HAPPIER IF SHE SO ABIDE, AFTER MY JUDGMENT; AND I THINK ALSO THAT I HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD. Although Paul was so strongly in favor of celibacy, yet he was very careful not to agree to a false asceticism. Therefore he writes: If anyone is of the opinion that he is acting unbecomingly towar... [ Continue Reading ]