Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
1 Corinthians 7:4
Also the husband hath not power, &c.— The woman, who in all other rights is inferior, has here the same power given her over the man, that the man has over her.
Also the husband hath not power, &c.— The woman, who in all other rights is inferior, has here the same power given her over the man, that the man has over her.
Verse 1 Corinthians 7:4. _THE WIFE HATH NOT POWER_, c.] Her person belongs to her husband her husband's person belongs to her: neither of them has any authority to refuse what the other has a matrimo...
THE WIFE HATH NOT POWER ... - By the marriage covenant that power, in this respect, is transferred to the husband, AND LIKEWISE, ALSO, THE HUSBAND - The equal rights of husband and wife, in the Scrip...
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)...
Let the husband give to the wife all that is due to her; and in the same way let the wife give to the husband all that is due to him. A wife is not in absolute control of her own body, but her husband...
HATH... POWER. Greek. _exousiazo._ See 1 Corinthians 6:12. NOT. App-105....
_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_ We here are reminded of the valuable principle that in everything...
ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΞΟΥΣΙΆΖΕΙ. A.V. _hath not power_. Better, HATH NO RIGHT. ἐξουσία sometimes stands for _power_, as in Revelation 9:3. But the more usual sense of the word is _authority_. ΤΟΥ͂ ἸΔΊΟΥ ΣΏΜΑΤΟΣ. OVER...
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...
ΕΞΟΥΣΙΆΖΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΟΥΣΙΆΖΩ (G1850) пользоваться властью над, с _gen. Praes._ подчеркивает общее утверждение, которое всегда истинно....
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...
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. Duty of cohabitation between the married. DUE BENEVOLENCE. 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g, Vulgate,...
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...
_(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...
OF HER OWN BODY. — Bengel notices that these words, “She has not power of her own body,” form an elegant paradox, bringing out the equal rights of both....
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...
Within the bonds of wedlock, “the due” should be yielded (1 Corinthians 7:3) by each for the satisfaction and according to the rights of the other (1 Corinthians 7:4). This dictum defends marital inte...
§ 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...
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...
(3) 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. (3) Thirdly, he warns them, that they are in each other's pow...
“Let the husband render unto the wife her due, and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband; and likewise also the husband hath not power of...
Notwithstanding the intrinsic excellence of celibacy, marriage should be the rule in practice. Such is the general meaning of this first passage....
(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...
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...
THE WIFE HATH NOT POWER OF HER OWN BODY,.... To refrain the use of it from her husband; or to prostitute it to another man: BUT THE HUSBAND; he has the sole power over it, and may require when he ple...
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. Ver. 4. _The wife hath no power, &c._] The husband's body is serv...
_Let the husband_ Where this relation is commenced; _render unto the wife_, Την οφειλομενην ευνοιαν, _the due benevolence_ That is, the conjugal duty, the duty resulting from the nature of the marriag...
NOT POWER; not to live apart, even for a time, without mutual consent....
INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO MARRIAGE. The propriety and the duty of marriage:...
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....
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...
THE WIFE HATH NOT POWER OVER HER OWN BODY, BUT THE HUSBAND: AND LIKEWISE ALSO THE HUSBAND HATH NOT POWER OVER HIS OWN BODY, BUT THE WIFE. 'power' -1850. exousiazo ex-oo-see-ad'-zo; from 1849; to con...
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...
He gives the reason of it; because marriage takes away from each married person the power over his or her own body, and giveth it to their correlate. The apostle seemeth here to answer a question prop...
The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife....
1 Corinthians 7:4 wife G1135 not G3756 authority G1850 (G5719) own G2398 body G4983 but G235 husband G435 And
‘Let the husband render to the wife her due, and likewise also the wife to the husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. And likewise the husband also does not have...
1 Corinthians 7:3. LET THE HUSBAND RENDER UNTO THE WIFE HER DUE, [1] etc. [1] The received reading, “due benevolence,” has hardly any authority....
THE WIFE (η γυνη). The wife is mentioned first, but the equality of the sexes in marriage is clearly presented as the way to keep marriage undefiled (Hebrews 13:4). "In wedlock separate ownership o...
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...
BUT THE HUSBAND IS. He is the _master_ of her body; she is the _master_ of his body! This not only forbids adultery, but removes the "need" for it....
_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 7:4 Husbands and wives should act for each other’s benefit. See Ephesians 5:22 and...
_The wife hath not power of her own body but the husband,_ She has not power, that is, over those members which distinguish woman from man, in so far as they serve for the conjugal act. _Power_ she ha...
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...
Hosea 3:3; Mark 10:11; Mark 10:12; Matthew 19:9...
The wife — the husband — Let no one forget this, on pretence of greater purity....