But because. Unless you have the special gift from God, celibacy exposes you to unnecessary temptation, especially if you live in Corinth. Remember: God himself is the author of marriage. "And God the Eternal said: It is not good, that the man is alone; I will create to him a companion-counterpart to him." [Genesis 2:18 Zamenhof.]
Verse 1 Corinthians 7:2. _TO AVOID FORNICATION_] Δια τας πορνειας· verto, _propter exercendam libidinem_, vel _ut libidinem licite exercere_ _liceat_. Probo hanc notionem ex Hebraeo, ibi זנה, _zanah_...
NEVERTHELESS - But (δὲ de). Though this is to be admitted as proper where it can be done, when a man has entire control of himself and his passions, and though in present circumstances it would be ex...
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...
1 CORINTHIANS 7. PROBLEMS AS TO MARRIAGE, CELIBACY, AND DIVORCE. At this point Paul takes up a letter sent by the Corinthian church inviting his judgment on various questions, apparently indicating th...
COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)...
With regard to your letter and its suggestion that it would be a fine thing for a man not to have anything to do with a woman--to avoid fornication, let each man possess his own wife, and each woman h...
NEVERTHELESS. But. _ TO AVOID_. on account of. App-104. 1 Corinthians 7:2. EVERY. each. HUSBAND. App-123....
_Nevertheless, to avoid fornication_ Literally, ON ACCOUNT OF THE FORNICATIONS, i.e. the habitual practice of this vice in the Church of Corinth. See note on ch. 1 Corinthians 6:13. We are not to supp...
ΔΙᾺ ΔῈ ΤᾺΣ ΠΟΡΝΕΊΑΣ. Literally, ON ACCOUNT OF THE FORNICATIONS, i.e. the habitual practice of this vice in Corinth. See note on ch. 1 Corinthians 6:13. We are not to suppose (see Meyer) that we have t...
ADVICE CONCERNING MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY The newly-converted Corinthians had evidently found themselves in a difficulty concerning marriage. The Jews in general, whatever ascetics like the Essenes and...
_CONCERNING THE MARRIED LIFE 1 CORINTHIANS 7:1-9:_ Paul was questioned as to whether people should even marry at all. He begins, "Now I will answer the questions that you asked in your letter. You ask...
ΠΟΡΝΕΊΑΣ _асс. sing. от_ ΠΟΡΝΕΊΑ (G4202) прелюбодеяние, блуд. _асс._ с _предл._ ΔΙΆ (G1223) выражает причину, ΈΧΈΤΩ _praes. imper. act._ 3. _sing. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь. Imper. является побудительным...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 The Purity of Marriage (1 Corinthians 7:1-9) 7 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a man not to touch a woman. 2But because of the temptation...
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. TO AVOID FORNICATION The general rule is "to avoid fornication" - literally, 'on accou...
1 It is unfortunate that our word "judge" usually takes on the sense of condemnation. The saints are not to condemn the world but to rule it during the eons. Saints in Israel will possess the kingdom...
_To avoid_ FORNICATION] which was very prevalent at Corinth. St. Paul treats of the higher aspect of marriage elsewhere (Ephesians 5:26; Ephesians 5:33). EVERY (RV 'each') .. HIS OWN] Concubinage and...
_(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...
TO AVOID FORNICATION. — Better, _because of the_ (_prevalent_)_ fornication._ This was so general in Corinth, and so little regarded as sin. that the unmarried were liable to be led into it. It may at...
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...
§ 20. MARRIAGE OR CELIBACY? At this point the Ap. takes up the questions addressed to him by the Cor [993] Church (see _Introd_., chap. 2). In replying to Paul's previous letter, they had asked for cl...
a single life is good in itself, “but” is not generally expedient at Cor [1001] διὰ τὰς πορνείας, “because of the (prevalent) fornications” (the unusual pl [1002] indicating the variety and extent of...
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 A Single Christian Marry? Paul turned from dealing with problems of which he had heard to questions the Corinthians had asked. The first question, as seen by McGarvey, was, "Is marriage to be d...
But because of fornication, let every man have, and live with his own wife, [1] and not leave her, nor dismiss her. Take notice, that St. Paul speaks these words to those that are already married, and...
“Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman; 2. but, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband....
Notwithstanding the intrinsic excellence of celibacy, marriage should be the rule in practice. Such is the general meaning of this first passage....
(1) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. (2) Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her...
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...
2._But to avoid fornication _He now commands, that those who are liable to the vice of incontinency should have recourse to the remedy. For though it may seem that the statement is universal, it ought...
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...
NEVERTHELESS, TO AVOID FORNICATION,.... Or "fornications"; meaning either the frequent commission of that sin; or all sorts of uncleanness and pollution, which may be avoided by wedlock, and the prope...
Nevertheless, _to avoid_ fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Ver. 2. _To avoid fornication_] Gr. πορνειας, fornications, comprehending all lustful...
_Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me_ The letter of the Corinthian believers to which the apostle alludes here, and in which it appears they put divers questions to him, hath long been...
NEVERTHELESS; notwithstanding it may sometimes be best for persons not to be married, it is in all ordinary cases best that they should be. HIS OWN WIFE-HER OWN HUSBAND; no man is allowed by God to ha...
INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO MARRIAGE. The propriety and the duty of marriage:...
NEVERTHELESS, TO AVOID FORNICATION, LET EVERY MAN HAVE HIS OWN WIFE, AND LET EVERY WOMAN HAVE HER OWN HUSBAND....
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, BECAUSE OF FORNICATIONS, LET EACH MAN HAVE HIS OWN WIFE, AND LET EACH WOMAN HAVE HER OWN HUSBAND. 'because of fornications' -(multiplied occurrences of it). 'but because there is no much immora...
1-9 The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, in that juncture of time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, and the comforts of that state, are settled by D...
NEVERTHELESS, TO AVOID FORNICATION; in the Greek it is, Because of fornications; the sense of which can be no other than this which our translators give. The word is in the plural number, to signify t...
But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. [Paul does not discourage marriage, much less forbid it (1 Timothy 4:3; Hebrews 13:4). Moreover,...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Et rursus: "Unusquisque autem suam uxorem habeat, ne tenter vos Satanas."[70] Methodius Discourse III. Thaleia he added immediately, "Nevertheless, to avoid...
1 Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless G1223 G1161 immorality G4202 let G2192 man G1538 have G2192 (G5720) own G1438
CHRISTIAN HUSBANDS AND WIVES AND THE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE UNMARRIED AND WIDOWS (7:1-11) ‘Now concerning the things of which you wrote. It is good for a man not to touch a woman, but because of fornica...
1 Corinthians 7:2. BUT, BECAUSE OF FORNICATIONS of the prevalence of this sin, and the temptations to it in a vicious community. LET EACH MAN HAVE HIS OWN WIFE, AND EACH WOMAN HER OWN HUSBAND the de...
BECAUSE OF FORNICATIONS (δια τας πορνειας). This is not the only reason for marriage, but it is a true one. The main purpose of marriage is children. Mutual love is another. The family is the basis...
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...
_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 7:2 HAVE probably refers to sexual intercourse (compare 1 Corinthians 5:1)....
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...
_Nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own wife._ Lest being unmarried, and unwilling to live a chaste life, he fall into fornication. _Every man_, say Melancthon and Bucer, must in...
_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...
1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Corinthians 7:9; 1 Timothy 4:3; Ephesians 5:28;...
Yet, when it is needful, in order to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife. His own — For Christianity allows no polygamy....
As if the apostle had said, "Such are the inclinations of human nature, that every man cannot always do that which is most for his own quiet and ease, but men find the strength of lust and the power o...