1Cor 7 | TSK | STEP | He treats of marriage; shewing it to be a remedy against fornication, and that the bond thereof ought not lightly to be dissolved. Every man must be content with his vocation. Virginity wherefore to be embraced; and for what respects we may either marry, or abstain from marrying. good. touch.

I would.St. Paul evidently gave this advice in reference to the necessities of the church, or what he calls (ver. 26) the present distress; for it would be perfectly absurd to imagine that an inspired apostle would in the general, discountenance marriage, since it was of the greatest importance to the existence and happiness of future generations, and expressly agreeable to a Divine institution.

9:5,15; Ac 26:29

But.

12:11; Mt 19:11,12

7:26,27,32,34,35

let.

2,28,36,39; 1Ti 5:11,14

yet.

12,25,40

Let.

15; Jer 3:20; Mal 2:14-16; Mt 5:32; 19:6-9; Mr 10:11,12; Lu 16:18

or.

Jud 19:2,3; Jer 3:1

and let.

De 22:19; Isa 50:1; Mr 10:2

speak.

6,25; 2Co 11:17

If.

Ezr 10:2,3,11-19

the unbelieving husband.

6:15-17; Ezr 9:1,2; 1Ti 4:5; Tit 1:15

else.

Ezr 9:2; Isa 52:1; Mal 2:15,16; Ac 10:23; Ro 11:16

A brother.

Mt 12:50; Jas 2:15

but.

14:33; Ro 12:18; 14:19; 2Co 13:11; Ga 5:22; Heb 12:14; Jas 3:17,18

to peace. Gr. in peace.

O wife.

9:22; Pr 11:30; Lu 15:10; 1Ti 4:16; Jas 5:19,20; 1Pe 3:1,2

how. Gr. what.

as God.

7; Mt 19:12; Ro 12:3-8; 1Pe 4:10,11

as the.

18,20,21,24

so ordain.

4:17; 16:1; 2Co 11:28

being.

Ac 15:1,5,19,24,28; Ga 5:1-3; Col 3:11

Circumcision.

8:8; Ro 2:25-29; 3:30; Ga 5:6; 6:15

but.

1Sa 15:22; Jer 7:22,23; Mt 5:19; Joh 15:14; 1Jo 2:3,4; 3:22-24

1Jo 5:2,3; Re 22:14

abide.

17,21-23; Pr 27:8; Lu 3:10-14; 1Th 4:11; 2Th 3:12

being.

12:13; Ga 3:28; Col 3:11; 1Ti 6:1-3; 1Pe 2:18-24

a servant.Rather, a slave, [doulos ,] the property of another, and bought with his money. In these verses the apostle shows that Christianity makes no change in our civil connections.

care.

Lu 10:40,41; 12:29; *marg:

21:34; Php 4:6,11; Heb 13:5; 1Pe 5:7

is the.

Lu 1:74,75; Joh 8:32-36; Ro 6:18-22; Ga 5:1,13; Eph 6:5,6

Col 3:22-24; Phm 1:16; 1Pe 2:16

freeman. Gr. made free. is Christ's.

9:19; Ps 116:16; Ro 1:1; Ga 1:10; Col 4:12; 1Pe 2:16; 2Pe 1:1; Jude 1:1

are.

6:20; Le 25:42; Ac 20:28; Tit 2:14; 1Pe 1:18,19; 3:18; Re 5:9

be.

Mt 23:8-11; Ga 2:4

let.

17,20

abide.

10:31; Ge 5:22-24; 17:1; 1Sa 14:45; Col 3:23,24

concerning.

28,34,36-38; Ps 78:63

virgins.The word [parthenos ,] as well as the Latin {virgo,} "a virgin," though it generally signifies a maid, frequently denotes unmarried persons of both sexes; in which sense it is evidently used here by the apostle.

have.

6,10,12,40; 2Co 8:8-10; 11:17

obtained.

4:2; 15:10; 2Co 2:17; 4:1,2; 1Ti 1:12-16

that.

1,8,28,35-38; Jer 16:2-4; Mt 24:19; Lu 21:23; 23:28,29; 1Pe 4:17

distress. or, necessity.

thou bound.

thou hast.

Nevertheless.

but.

the time.

Job 14:1,2; Ps 39:4-7; 90:5-10; 103:15,16; Ec 6:12; 9:10

Ro 13:11,12; Heb 13:13,14; 1Pe 4:7; 2Pe 3:8,9; 1Jo 2:17

that both.

Ec 12:7,8,13,14; Isa 24:1,2; 40:6-8; Jas 4:13-16; 1Pe 1:24

that weep.

Ps 30:5; 126:5,6; Ec 3:4; Isa 25:8; 30:19; Lu 6:21,25; 16:25

Joh 16:22; Re 7:17; 18:7

use.

9:18; Ec 2:24,25; 3:12,13; 5:18-20; 9:7-10; 11:2,9,10; Mt 24:48-50

Mt 25:14-29; Lu 12:15-21; 16:1,2; 19:17-26; 21:34; 1Ti 6:17,18

Jas 5:1-5

for.

Ps 39:6; 73:20; Ec 1:4; Jas 1:10,11; 4:14; 1Pe 1:24; 4:7; 1Jo 2:17

the fashion.[To schema ,] the form or appearance. Grotius remarks that the apostle's expression is borrowed from the theatre, where [to schema tes skenes paragei] means that the scene changes, and presents an appearance entirely new.

I would.

Ps 55:22; Mt 6:25-34; 13:22; Php 4:6

He that.

1Ti 5:5

that belong to the Lord. Gr. of the Lord, as.

careth.

Ne 5:1-5; Lu 12:22; 1Th 4:11,12; 1Ti 5:8

how.

3; 1Sa 1:4-8; Eph 5:25-33; Col 3:19; 1Pe 3:7

careth.

Lu 2:36,37; 2Co 7:11,12; 8:16; 11:28; 1Ti 3:5; Tit 3:8

both.

6:20; Ro 6:13; 12:1,2; Php 1:20; 1Th 5:23

she that.

Lu 10:40-42

not.This is an allusion to the {Retiarius} among the Romans, who carried a small casting net, {rete,} which he endeavoured to throw over his adversary's head.

2,5-9,28,36; Mt 19:12

comely.

36; Eph 5:3; Php 4:8; 1Ti 1:10; Tit 2:3

and that.

33,34; Lu 8:14; 10:40-42; 21:34

his virgin.Some interpret this of a man's continuing in a state of celibacy, and render [parthenos ,] not a virgin, but virginity; but such a construction of the original appears without example. It appears most obvious to explain it of a parent, or guardian, who had the charge of a virgin; and Kypke has shown that [ten parthenon autou ] is an elegant phrase for his virgin daughter.

the flower.

1Sa 2:33

and need.

9,37

he sinneth.

then.

doeth well.

2; Heb 13:4

doeth better.

1,8,26,32-34,37

wife.

10,15; Ro 7:2,3

only.

Ge 6:2; De 7:3,4; Mal 2:11; 2Co 6:14-16

she.

1,8,26,35

I think.Rather, "I judge (or consider) also that I have the Spirit of God;" for [dokein] is frequently used to express not what is doubtful, but what is true and certain.

25; 9:1-3; 14:36,37; 2Co 10:8-10; 12:11; 1Th 4:8; 2Pe 3:15,16