“ But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. ”
But I speak this by permission ... - It is not quite certain whether the word “this” ( τοῦτο touto), in this verse, refers to what precedes, or to what follows. On this commentators are divid...
(5) But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment. (5) Fifthly he teaches that marriage is not necessary for all men, but for those who do not have the gift of continency, and this gift i...
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...
by . according to. App-104. permission . Greek. sungnome . Only here. commandment . Greek. epitage. See Romans 16:26 .
6. By permission That they might not, by taking their stand upon a precept of the kind that he had prescribed, loosen unduly the restraints of lust, (380) he adds a limitation — that he had...
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. I speak this by permission, etc. - It was a constant custom of the more conscientious rabbins, to make a difference between the things which...
But I speak this by permission— "You will observe, that I say this by permission from Christ; but not by any express command which he gave in person in the days ofhis flesh, or gives by the inspira...
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. By permission ... not of commandment - not, by God's permission to me to say it; but, 'by way of permission to you, not as a commandmen...
(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...
But I speak this by permission. — Better, Now I say this as a permission, and not as a command. As the passage is given in our English version, it might seem as if the Apostle implied that he had...
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...
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...
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....
(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...
But I speak this by permission ,.... Referring either to what he had said before, though not to all; not to 1 Corinthians 7:2 that for the avoiding of fornication, every man should make use of his...
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. Ver. 6. And not of commandment ] Among the Jews marriage was not held a thing indifferent, or at their own liberty to choose or refuse, b...
Defraud not Or deprive not; one the other Of this benevolence; or withdraw not from the company of each other; except it be with consent for a time, that On those special and solemn occasions,...
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...
Against Fornication. A. D. 57. 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is g...
Some refer these words to all that had gone before in this chapter; but the best interpreters rather refer them to what went immediately before in the preceding verse, declaring, that he had no expre...
‘But this I say by way of permission and not of commandment.' While he gives this advice, he says, it is not something he has received direct from the Lord as an instruction. It is not found in the...
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....
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...
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...
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...
But I speak this by permission and not of commandment.
1 Corinthians 7:12 ; 1 Corinthians 7:25 ; 2 Corinthians 11:17 ; 2 Corinthians 8:8
But I say this — Concerning your separating for a time and coming together again. Perhaps he refers also to 1 Corinthians 7:2 .