1 Corinthians 7:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the unbelieving husband - The husband that is not a Christian; who still remains a pagan, or an impenitent man. The apostle here states reasons why a separation should not take place when the...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(9) For the unbelieving husband is (h) sanctified by the (i) wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the (k) husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they (l) holy. (9) He answe...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 gi...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sanctified . Greek. hagiazo. See John 17:17 ; John 17:19 . by . in. App-104. husband . All the texts read "brother", i.e. believer, or Christian brother. else . since otherwise. children...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified He obviates an objection, which might occasion anxiety to believers. The relationship of marriage is singularly close, so that the wife is the h...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The unbelieving husband is sancti...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Is sanctified— The words sanctified, holy, and unclean, are used here by the Apostle in the Jewish sense. The Jews called all that were Jews holy, and all others unclean. Thus proles genit...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Sanctified. Those connect...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - 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 guarde...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife. — Any scruple which a Christian might have felt as to whether matrimonial union with an unbeliever would be defiling is here removed, and the puri...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - 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 tho...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Marriage Bonds 1 Corinthians 7:1-14 The Apostle first addresses the unmarried, 1 Corinthians 7:1 , etc . He speaks elsewhere reverently of marriage, Ephesians 5:23 . Forbidding to marry is i...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - 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....
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 f...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife ,.... That is, "by the believing wife"; as the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, and so it is read in some copies; and likewise in the nex...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 14. But now they are hol...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife That is, so far that their matrimonial converse is as lawful, holy, and honourable, as if they were both of the same faith: and in many instanc...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - L. 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...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Inviolability of the Marriage Bond. A. D. 57. 10 And unto the married I command, yet not I...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 13,14. Sanctifying, in holy writ, generally signifieth the separation or setting apart of a person or thing from a common, to and for a holy use, whether it be by some external rites and ceremon...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But as to the rest, I speak, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her. And the woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - 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....
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Scofield Reference Notes

children (Greek, "teknon", a "child", "born one").
1 Corinthians 7:14 - 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 dif...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 C...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 7:1-46 Answers to the inquiries of the Corinthians respecting marriage. 1 Corinthians 7:1-46 The lawfulness of marriage, and its duties. 1 Corinthian...
1 Corinthians 7:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concerning mixed marriages:
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:15-17 ; 1 Timothy 4:5 ; Acts 10:23 ; Ezra 9:1 ; Ezra 9:2 ; Isaiah 52:1 ; Malachi 2:15 ; Malachi 2:16 ; Romans 11:16 ; Titus 1:15
1 Corinthians 7:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For the unbelieving husband hath, in many instances, been sanctified by the wife — Else your children would have been brought up heathens; whereas now they are Christians. As if he had said, Ye see...

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 7:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 7:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 7:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes