고린도전서 7:1-7 KRV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:1

The things whereof ye wrote unto me - It is sufficiently evident that the principal part of this epistle was written in answer to some questions which had been sent to the apostle in a letter from the Corinthian Church; and the first question seems to be this: "Is it proper for a man to marry in the present circumstances of the Church?" The question concerning the expediency or inexpediency of marriage was often agitated among the ancient philosophers; and many, though inclined to decide... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:2

To avoid fornication - Δια τας πορνειας· verto, propter exercendam libidinem, vel ut libidinem licite exercere liceat. Probo hanc notionem ex Hebraeo, ibi זנה , zanah, est libidinem exercere , Hosea 4:10 ; : For they shall eat and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, תזנו , libidinem exercebunt , and shall not increase. Here the prophet certainly does not speak of whoredom in our sense of the word; for the persons he mentions expected to have children, which cannot be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:3

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence - Την οφειλομενην ευνοιαν· Though our version is no translation of the original, yet few persons are at a loss for the meaning, and the context is sufficiently plain. Some have rendered the words, not unaptly, the matrimonial debt, or conjugal duty - that which a wife owes to her husband, and the husband to his wife; and which they must take care mutually to render, else alienation of affection will be the infallible consequence, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife hath not power, etc. - Her person belongs to her husband; her husband's person belongs to her: neither of them has any authority to refuse what the other has a matrimonial right to demand. The woman that would act so is either a knave or a fool. It would be trifling to attribute her conduct to any other cause than weakness or folly. She does not love her husband; or she loves some one else better than her husband; or she makes pretensions to a fancied sanctity unsupported by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:5

Defraud ye not one the other - What ye owe thus to each other never refuse paying, unless by mutual consent; and let that be only for a certain time, when prudence dictates the temporary separation, or when some extraordinary spiritual occasion may render it mutually agreeable, in order that ye may fast and pray, and derive the greatest possible benefit from these duties by being enabled to wait on the Lord without distraction. That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency - It is most... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:6

I speak this by permission, etc. - It was a constant custom of the more conscientious rabbins, to make a difference between the things which they enjoined on their own judgment, and those which they built on the authority of the law. Thus Rabbi Tancum: "The washing of hands before meat is in our own power; washing after meat is commanded." In relation to this point Dr. Lightfoot produces some examples from the Jewish writers: "The man is commanded concerning begetting and multiplying, but... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:7

For I would that all men, etc. - He wished that all that were then in the Church were, like him self, unmarried; but this was in reference to the necessities of the Church, or what he calls, 1 Corinthians 7:26 , the present distress: for it never could be his wish that marriage should cease among men, and that human beings should no longer be propagated upon earth; nor could he wish that the Church of Christ should always be composed of single persons; this would have been equally absurd;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:1

Verse 1 As he had spoken of fornication, he now appropriately proceeds to speak of marriage which is the remedy for avoiding fornication. Now it appears, that, notwithstanding the greatly scattered state of the Corinthian Church, they still retained some respect for Paul, inasmuch as they consulted him on doubtful points. What their questions had been is uncertain, except in so far as we may gather them from his reply. This, however, is perfectly well known, that immediately after the first... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:2

Verse 2 2.But to avoid fornication He now commands, that those who are liable to the vice of incontinency should have recourse to the remedy. For though it may seem that the statement is universal, it ought, nevertheless, to be restricted to those who feel themselves urged by necessity. As to this, every one must judge for himself. Whatever difficulty, therefore, is perceived to be in marriage, let all that cannot resist the promptings of their flesh, know that this commandment has been... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:3

Verse 3 3.The husband to the wife. He now prescribes the rules to be observed in the marriage connection, or he teaches what is the duty of husband and wife. And in the first place he lays down a general doctrine as to mutual benevolence — that the husband love his wife, and the wife her husband; for as to the interpretation which others give to the expression due benevolence — duty of marriage — I do not know how far it is suitable. The reason that inclines them to this view is, that it is... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:3

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