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

The things whereof ye wrote] Probably most of the rest of the Epistle is taken up with answers to these questions, and considerations arising out of them. It is not clear whether the letter from the Corinthians suggested that celibacy ought to be universal, or deprecated it as unnatural, or asked, as Ramsay thinks, whether it was 'incumbent on Christians to marry, as the Jews and Roman law maintained.' Good] i.e. celibacy is an excellent thing (the reasons for this are given, 1 Corinthians 7:26; 1 Corinthians 7:32), but marriage is often the safer course.