1 Corinthians 7:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. ”

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is good for them - It may be advisable, in the present circumstances of persecution and distress, not to be encumbered with the cares and anxieties of a family; see 1 Corinthians 7:26 , 1 Co...
1 Corinthians 7:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) I say therefore to the (f) unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. (6) Sixthly, he gives the very same admonition touching the second marriage, that is, that a single...
1 Corinthians 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I say therefore . But. say. unmarried . Greek. agamos. Only here, verses: 1Co 7:11, 1 Corinthians 7:32 ; 1 Corinthians 11:34 . if . App-118. abide . remain. Greek. meno. Seep. 1511.
1 Corinthians 7:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. I say, then, to the unmarried. This depends on what goes before, and is a sort of inference from it. He had said that the gifts of God are variously distributed — that continency is not i...
1 Corinthians 7:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. The unmarried and widows - It is supposed that the apostle speaks here of men who had been married, in the wo...
1 Corinthians 7:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. To the unmarried - in general, of both sexes ( 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ). And widows - in particula...
1 Corinthians 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I say therefore. — Better, Now what I say is, ... Widows are here joined with those who have not been married, otherwise discussion might have arisen as to whether the Apostle had intended his adv...
1 Corinthians 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows ,.... Not by way of command, but advice: by the "unmarried" he means, either such men who never were in a married state, or else such who had been married...
1 Corinthians 7:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Ver. 8. I say therefore to the unmarried ] Yet doth not the apostle simply prefer virginity on viduity be...
1 Corinthians 7:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I say, therefore I give this advice; to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them It is a condition of life which will tend to promote their eternal welfare, that, if they conveniently can,...
1 Corinthians 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Against Fornication. A. D. 57. 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is g...
1 Corinthians 7:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By the unmarried and widows, it is apparent that Paul means virgins that were never married, and such as, having been once married, had lost their husbands: though the first word, in the Greek, had...
1 Corinthians 7:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I. But if they do not have the ability to control their desires, let them marry. For it is better to marry than t...
1 Corinthians 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Marriage an obligation under circumstances:
1 Corinthians 7:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

It is good for them if they remain even as I — That St. Paul was then single is certain and from Acts 7:58 , compared with the following parts of the history, it seems probable that he always was...

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 7:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 7:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 7:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 7:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes