1 Corinthians 7:14

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

Related Commentaries of 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 reaso...
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...
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 a...
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 Chris...
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 marri...
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 no...
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 h...
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; bu...
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 conn...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Is sanctified ] i.e. brought into the Christian sphere, under Christian influences. Now are they holy ] i.e. regarded as Christian children; as are...
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 unbeliev...
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 abou...
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 ma...
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 answ...
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...
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...
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 no...
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 the...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Inviolability of the Marriage Bond. A. D. 57. ...
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...
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 t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Instructions Where One Partner is a Non-Christian(7:12-16). But another question they had seemingly asked had in mind cases where one partner had...
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 le...
Scofield Reference Notes

children (Greek, "teknon", a "child", "born one").
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 obligation...
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 Corinthia...
The Biblical Illustrator

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband. The marriage union: how disturbances of it are...
The Biblical Illustrator

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife. The sanctification of an unbelieving partner The Christian wife lays her heathen husband...
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 lawful...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concerning mixed marriages:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; else were your children unclean; but n...
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...

¹⁴ 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.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 7:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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