1 Corinthians 7:12-14; 1 Corinthians 7:20
Art thou bound unto a wife? - Art thou already married? Marriage is often thus represented as a “tie,” a “bond,” etc.; see the note at Romans 7:...
Paul now passes to the case of virgins, on which the church had invited his judgment. The section is one of peculiar difficulty. It is generally thou...
bound . Greek. deo, not doudoe, as in 1 Corinthians 7:15 to be loosed . release. Greek. lusis . Only here. loosed . Greek. pass, of luo....
27. Art thou bound to a wife? Having stated what would be most advantageous, he adds at the same time, that we ought not to be so much influ...
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. Art thou bound unto a wife? - i.e. Married; for the...
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. Illustrating 1 Corinthians 7:26 . Neither th...
(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...
Art thou loosed ] i.e. unmarried.
Art thou bound unto a wife? — This is an explanation and re-assertion of the previous words “so to be.” Being “loosed from a wife” does not mean a...
Chapter 11 MARRIAGE THERE are two preliminary considerations which throw some light on this much-contested passage. First, Paul had to speak abou...
Counsel for Times of Emergency 1 Corinthians 7:25-40 The virgin here referred to is probably the young woman who was engaged to be married, a...
Certain difficulties had arisen in the Corinthian Church concerning which they had sent inquiries to Paul. He now answers their questions. These answ...
(18) Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. (19) Circumc...
Art thou bound unto a wife ?.... Or to a woman; either by promise, or by espousal, or by consummate marriage; either of which is a tic, or obligatio...
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. Ver. 27. Art thou bound to a wife? ] A manifest...
Art thou bound to a wife? “Because the directions which the apostle was about to give (1Co 7:36) to fathers, concerning the disposal of their child...
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...
Prudential Directions to Virgins. A. D. 57. ...
Art thou bound by marriage, or bound by contract, do not use any sinful ways to be loosed from that bond, either by divorce or by a voluntary departu...
‘I think therefore that this is good by reason of the present (or ‘impending') necessity (distress, calamity, necessity, compulsion, means of compuls...
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...
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...
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord. Concerning virgins and widows The apostle advises-- I. The unmarried of both sexes...
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 7:1-46 Answers to the inquiries of the Corinthians respecting marriage. 1 Corinthians 7:1-46 The lawful...
The question of celibacy in general:
Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.