Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 7:11
But if she depart — Contrary to this express prohibition. And let not the husband put away his wife — Except for the cause of adultery.
But if she depart — Contrary to this express prohibition. And let not the husband put away his wife — Except for the cause of adultery.
Verse 1 Corinthians 7:11. _BUT, AND IF SHE DEPART_] He puts the case as probable, because it was frequent, but lays it under restrictions. _LET HER REMAIN UNMARRIED_] She _departs_ at her own peril;...
BUT AND IF SHE DEPART - If she have withdrawn by a rash and foolish act; if she has attempted to dissolve the marriage vow, she is to remain unmarried, or be reconciled. She is not at liberty to marry...
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...
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...
To the unmarried and to the widows I say, it would be a fine thing if they were to remain like myself, but if they find continence impossible, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to go on b...
COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)...
REMAIN. abide, as in 1 Corinthians 7:8. RECONCILED. Greek. _katallasso_. See Romans 5:10. PUT AWAY. send away. Greek. _aphiemi._ App-174....
_but and if she depart_ Literally, BE SEPARATED, as above. There were great facilities for divorce, both under the law of Greece and Rome, in St Paul's day, but the facilities were greater for the hus...
Mutual obligations of Married Persons 10. _yet not I, but the Lord_ The Apostle is quoting our Lord's words in St Mark 10:11-12. No distinction is intended between what he, as a private individual en...
ἘᾺΝ ΔῈ ΚΑΊ. Nearly equivalent to our ‘but if, after all,’ or ‘but if she _be_ separated’ (with the emphasis on ‘be’). ΧΩΡΙΣΘΗ͂Ι. Literally, BE SEPARATED, as above. There were great facilities for divo...
MUTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF MARRIED PERSONS...
_CONCERNING BEHAVIOR FOR THE MARRIED 1 CORINTHIANS 7:10-16:_ Paul instructed people to stay married. He said, "Let not the wife depart from her husband." (1 Corinthians 7:10) Christians may have probl...
ΚΑΊ (G2532) даже, в самом деле; "если развод действительно произойдет" (Barrett). ΧΩΡΙΣΘΉ _aor. conj. pass._ от. ΧΩΡΊΖΩ (G5563) разводить (_см._ 1 Corinthians 7:10). Inch, _aor._, "она разводится" ...
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...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 The Permanence of Marriage (1 Corinthians 7:10-16) 10 To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband 11(but if she...
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. BUT AND IF SHE DEPART - `But if even she be separated.' If the sin of s...
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...
_(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...
BUT AND IF SHE DEPART. — Better, _but if she have actually separated._ These words, from “but” to “husband,” are a parenthesis, and the concluding words, “and let not the husband put away his wife,” a...
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...
“But in the case of those that have married (τ. γεγαμηκόσιν, pf. of settled fact), I charge … wife not to separate from husband … and husband not to send away (_or_ let go) wife.” The parenthesis, “no...
§ 21. PROHIBITION OF DIVORCE. Pagan sentiment and law, while condoning fornication, were exceedingly lax in permitting _divorce_ (see Hermann-Stark, _Griech. Privat-alterthümer_, §§ 30. 15, 17), as Je...
MARRIAGE BONDS 1 Corinthians 7:1 The Apostle first addresses the unmarried, 1 Corinthians 7:1, _etc_. He speaks elsewhere reverently of marriage, Ephesians 5:23. Forbidding to marry is in his j
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...
Should Married Christians Separate? The second question would seem to be, "Should a Christian, who is joined to Christ, separate from the union of marriage?" Jesus had answered this question (Matthew...
“But unto the already married I command, not I, but the Lord, that the wife depart not from the husband, 11. that if she is parted, she ought to remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband, and...
Notwithstanding the intrinsic excellence of celibacy, marriage should be the rule in practice. Such is the general meaning of this first passage....
The rules to be followed in the case of two Christian spouses (1 Corinthians 7:10-11)....
(4) 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. (5) Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent fo...
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...
11._But if she depart _That this is not to be understood of those who have been put away for adultery, is evident from the punishment that followed in that case; for it was a capital crime even by the...
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 AND IF SHE DEPART,.... This is said, not as allowing of such a departure, which only in case of fornication is lawful; but supposing it a fact, that a woman cannot be prevailed upon to stay with h...
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to _her_ husband: and let not the husband put away _his_ wife. Ver. 11. _Or let her be reconciled_] _Ut quae mode pugnarant iungant s...
_The married I command_ Greek, τοις δε γεγαμηκοσι παραγγελλω, _Now those that have married I charge:_ so these words should be rendered, the phrase being the same with that in 1 Timothy 1:3, rendered...
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 t...
Marriage an obligation under circumstances:...
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 SHOULD SHE DEPART, LET HER REMAIN UNMARRIED, OR ELSE BE RECONCILED TO HER HUSBAND); AND THAT THE HUSBAND LEAVE NOT HIS WIFE. 'but should she depart' -'describes an exception whether past, prese...
10-16 Man and wife must not separate for any other cause than what Christ allows. Divorce, at that time, was very common among both Jews and Gentiles, on very slight pretexts. Marriage is a Divine in...
OLBGrk; How our translators came to translate cwrisyh, which is manifestly a verb passive, _if she depart, _ I cannot tell. It signifieth, if she be departed, and so is as well significative of a bein...
(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife....
1 Corinthians 7:11 But G1161 even G2532 if G1437 depart G5563 (G5681) remain G3306 (G5720) unmarried G22 o
‘But to the married I give charge, yes, not I but the Lord, that the wife does not leave her husband, (but and if she does depart let her remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and th...
1 Corinthians 7:11. (BUT AND IF SHE DEPART, LET HER REMAIN UNMARRIED, OR ELSE BE RECONCILED TO HER HUSBAND.) The case here supposed is that of such disagreement between Christian husband and wife as i...
BUT AND IF SHE DEPART (εαν δε κα χωρισθη). Third class condition, undetermined. If, in spite of Christ's clear prohibition, she get separated (ingressive passive subjunctive),LET HER REMAIN UNMARRI...
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...
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...
IF SHE DOES. Note Paul's emphasis on the woman leaving the man. Christianity had strongly affected the feminine mind (1 Corinthians 11:5-7; 1 Corinthians 14:34-35)_. The Expositor's Greek Testament_ s...
_And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband._ THE MARRIAGE UNION: HOW DISTURBANCES OF IT ARE TO BE ALLEVIATED I. If both parties are believers-...
_Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman._ MARRIAGE I. Is not necessary for all (1 Corinthians 7:1). 1. Instituted by God, sanctified by Christ,...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 7:10 Paul’s words are in contrast to Roman law, which permitted either a husband or a wife to begin a divorce with no stated cause required....
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. Marri...
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._...
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...
Deuteronomy 22:19; Isaiah 50:1; Jeremiah 3:1; Judges 19:2; Judges 19:3;
Does Paul contradict what Jesus said about divorce? PROBLEM: This passage from 1 Corinthians talks about a Christian who has an unbelieving mate. At one point, Paul says, “But if the unbeliever depart...