“ Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. ”
Ye are bought with a price - Though you are slaves to people, yet you have been purchased for God by the blood of His Son; see the note at 1 Corinthians 6:20 . You are, therefore, in his sight o...
(14) Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. (14) He shows the reason of the unlikeness, because he that desired to be circumcised makes himself subject to man's tradition and not...
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...
are . were. bought . See 1 Corinthians 6:20 .
23. Yea are bought with a price We had these words in the preceding chapter, ( 1 Corinthians 6:20 ,) but for a different purpose. As to the word price, I have stated there, what is my view...
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Ye are bought with a price - As truly as your bodies have become the property of your masters, in consequence of his paying down a price for...
Ye are bought with a price— Slaves were bought and sold in the market, as cattle are, and the laws of the Roman Empire considered them as the property of the purchasers. This therefore is a reaso...
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Be (become) not ye. Paul changes from "thou" ( 1 Corinthians 7:21 ) to "ye." YE ALL are "bought" with the costly blood of Christ to...
(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...
Ye are bought with a price... — Better, You were bought with a price therefore become not slaves of men. This carries on the idea of freedmen of the previous verse. With a great price — even the...
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...
Serve God in Your Calling 1 Corinthians 7:15-24 There was much unsettlement in regard to marriage in the church at Corinth. An unnatural asceticism was showing itself in some quarters and a law...
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....
(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, b...
Ye are bought with a price ,.... Some read these words interrogatively, as 1 Corinthians 7:18 , "are ye bought with a price?" and suppose them directed to such who had bought out their time of serv...
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Ver. 23. Ye are bought with a price ] The redeemed among the Romans were to addict themselves to the service of their redeemers, and to...
Let every man abide wherein he was called Affect not to change without the clear and evident leadings of Providence, as there is generally greater reason to expect a man will enjoy comfort, and be...
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...
Christian Contentment. A. D. 57. 17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord ha...
What price we are bought with, we heard, 1 Corinthians 6:20 : the apostle there pressed it upon us as our duty to glorify God with our bodies and our spirits; here he presseth upon us another...
Christians Need Not Feel Compelled to Leave the State in Which They Were When They Were Called (7:17-24). Paul now stresses that from a spiritual point of view Christians need not worry about thei...
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 7:23 I. St. Paul's words, "Be not ye the slaves of men," have an important bearing upon the exercise of the understanding. "Bought with a price" by one who claims, not one part, but...
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...
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. Every Christian at his post 1. God appoints every man his station and condition in life. 2. Has...
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...
A general application of these truths:
1 Corinthians 6:20 ; 1 Peter 1:18 ; 1 Peter 1:19 ; 1 Peter 3:18 ; Acts 20:28 ; Galatians 2:4 ; Leviticus 25:42 ; Matthew 23:8-11 ; Revelation 5:9 ; Titus 2:14
Ye are bought with a price — Ye belong to God; therefore, where it can be avoided, do not become the bondslaves of men — Which may expose you to many temptations.