1 Corinthians 7:18

Acts 15:1; Acts 15:19; Acts 15:24; Acts 15:28; Acts 15:5; Colossians 3:11; Galatians 5:1-3

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is any man called? - Does anyone become a Christian? See the note at 1 Corinthians 1:26 . Being circumcised - Being a native-born Jew, or ha...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(13) Is any man called being circumcised? let him not (o) become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. (13) No...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. Circumcised, etc. As he had made mention of the calling, he takes occasion, from a particular instance, to make a digression for a litt...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. Is any man called...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Is any man called being circumcised?— This is a very pertinent digression, as it so directly contradicts the notion which prevailed among the Jews,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised Is any called in uncircumcision? Is any man called being circumcised? le...
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

Circumcised.. uncircumcised ] Used metaphorically, 'If any Jew has been converted, let him remain a Christian Jew; if a Gentile is converted, let hi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Is any man called being circumcised? — Better, Was any one called having been circumcised? The previous general rule is now illustrated by, and a...
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

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 asceti...
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

(18) Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. (19) Circumc...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Is any man called being circumcised ?.... That is, if any man that is a Jew, who has been circumcised in his infancy, is called by the grace of God,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. Ver. 18. Let...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Is any man called Brought to the saving knowledge of Christ, and to a participation of his grace; being circumcised Having been born of Jewish pa...
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

Christian Contentment. A. D. 57. 17 But as...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Is any one who was a native Jew, and so circumcised according to the Jewish law, converted (while he is in that state) to the faith of Christ? Let hi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Was any man called being circumcised, let him not become uncircumcised. Has any been called in uncircumcision, let him not be circumcised. Circumcis...
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...
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

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...
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

Is any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A general application of these truths:

¹⁸ Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 7:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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