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1 Corinthians 7:25-35

§ 23. ADVANTAGES OF THE SINGLE STATE. Paul's opinion had been asked particularly, in this connexion, about the case of marriageable daughters (1 Corinthians 7:25): was it wise for fathers, as things were, to settle their daughters in marriage? He delivers his judgment on this delicate matter, turning aside in 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 to a general reflexion upon the posture of Christians towards the perishing world around them; then returning to point out the freedom from care and material engrossment enjoyed by the unwedded (1 Corinthians 7:32 ff.), he restates in 1 Corinthians 7:36 his advice περὶ τῶν παρθένων.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 25. _NOW CONCERNING VIRGINS_] This was another subject on which the Church at Corinth had asked the advice of the apostle. The word παρθενος, _virgin_, we take to signify a _pure, unmarried_ _y...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    NOT CONCERNING VIRGINS - This commences the “third” subject on which the opinion of Paul seems to have been asked by the church at Corinth - whether it was proper that those who had unmarried daughter...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    COMPLETE ASCETICISM (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NO. not. Greek. _ ou._ App-105. JUDGMENT. opinion. App-177. OBTAINED MERCY. See 1 Timothy 1:13; 1 Timothy 1:16. OF. by. App-104. FAITHFUL. App-150 and App-175 :4....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    General Instructions Concerning the Marriage of Virgins 25. _virgins_ i.e. unmarried women. St Paul now returns to the question of marriage. But before he enters upon the question of the marriage of...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΠΑΡΘΈΝΩΝ. Unmarried women. St Paul now returns to the question of marriage. But before he enters upon the question of the marriage of virgins, he treats, according to his usual rule, of the general pr...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE MARRIAGE OF VIRGINS....

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΠΑΡΘΈΝΟΣ (G3933) девственник. Есть предположение, что это слово относится к молодым вдовцам или вдовам, которые были женаты только раз, и велись споры, хорошо ли будет, если они еще раз вступят в брак...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    NOW, CONCERNING VIRGINS— St. Paul by _virgins_ evidently means those of both sexes who are in a state of celibacy. It is probable that he had formerly dissuaded them from marriage, in the present situ...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Concerning the Unmarried_ (25-40) _Commentary_ Now concerning virgins.Up to this point Paul has answered the questions about the expediency of marriage and has given direction...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. NOW ... (GREEK, 'BUT') NO COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD: YET...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    7:25 virgins, (a-3) Whether men or women....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _(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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WOW CONCERNING VIRGINS... — A new subject is here introduced — viz., the duty of parents regarding their young unmarried daughters. Ought they to give them in marriage? The answer occupies to 1 Corint...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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 given...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Is Celibacy Preferable To Marriage? McGarvey thinks the third question must have been, "Is celibacy or virginity perferable to marriage?" Paul was inspired in his judgment (7:40; 14:37), so we can rel...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (16) Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my (s) judgment, as (t) one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. (16) He commands virginity to no man, yet he...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Now concerning virgins, &c. He turns his discourse again to the unmarried, who (if they have made no vow) may lawfully marry, though he is far from commanding every one to marry, as when he says, see...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    Notwithstanding the intrinsic excellence of celibacy, marriage should be the rule in practice. Such is the general meaning of this first passage....

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    “Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.” The form of transition used by the apostle would lead u...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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)...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    : The present state of things....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    25._Concerning virgins _He now returns to treat of marriage, of which he had begun to speak in the commencement of the chapter. What he is now about to state he had previously touched upon, but briefl...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NOW CONCERNING VIRGINS,.... Whether they should continue in the same state or not, whether they should marry or not, was one of the cases put to the apostle, and which the Corinthians wrote to him abo...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 25. _I give my judgment_] The Rhemists (after Erasmu...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Now concerning virgins_ The word παρθενων, translated _virgins_, denotes persons of either sex, who never were married. For Elsner, after Suidas, tells us, that men were called παρθενοι, _virgins_, a...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The question of celibacy in general:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    NOW CONCERNING VIRGINS. HAVE NO COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD: BUT. GIVE MY JUDGMENT, AS ONE THAT HATH OBTAINED MERCY OF THE LORD TO BE TRUSTWORTHY. 'Now concerning virgins' -'the opening words of this ph...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    25-35 Considering the distress of those times, the unmarried state was best. Notwithstanding, the apostle does not condemn marriage. How opposite are those to the apostle Paul who forbid many to marr...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    He had before spoken to married persons and widows, now he comes to speak CONCERNING VIRGINS; and though he mentions only the female sex, yet the following words show that his advice extended to both....

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy....

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And again: "Now, as concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful."[182...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Corinthians 7:25 Now G1161 concerning G4012 virgins G3933 have G2192 (G5719) no G3756 commandment G2003 Lord...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING MARRIAGE IN VIEW OF THE URGENCY OF THE TIMES (7:25-40). ‘Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    _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 TH...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    I HAVE NO COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD (επιταγην Κυριου ουκ εχω). A late word from επιτασσω, old Greek verb to enjoin, to give orders to. Paul did have (verse 1 Corinthians 7:10) a command from the Lord...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    NOW, THE MATTER ABOUT THE UNMARRIED. _Virgin_ is a technical term which can mean _either_ a man or a woman (compare Revelation 14:4 PARTHENOI). 1 Corinthians 7:27 makes this plain. In 1 Cori

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 7:25 THE BETROTHED translates the Greek term for “virgins.” The term could apply to either men or women. Paul’s use of the term in v....

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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._...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 7:10; 1 Corinthians 7:12;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Virgins [π α ρ θ ε ν ω ν]. Not the unmarried of both sexes, as Bengel. The use of the word by ecclesiastical writers for an unmarried man has no warrant in classical usage, and may have arisen from th...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Now concerning virgins — Of either sex. I have no commandment from the Lord — By a particular revelation. Nor was it necessary he should; for the apostles wrote nothing which was not divinely inspired...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    The next case, which our apostle comes to resolve, is concerning virgins; whether they, being at their own disposal, should marry or keep themselves single? He tells them, first, that he had no specia...

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