1 Corinthians 7:39-40 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:25-40

Advice respecting the unmarried. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:25-40

Concerning virgins and widows. Paul now passes to another question referred to him, viz. the marriage of virgins and widows. This has been briefly touched upon already ( 1 Corinthians 7:8 ), and is now dealt with more in detail. Here also the apostle has no express commandment of the Lord to adduce, and he therefore proceeds to give his own inspired judgment on the matter, "as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful." This judgment is not in the form of explicit... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:29-40

Apostolic counsels for the times, and general principles applied now as before. Some minds are so organized as to be peculiarly open to those impressions which the local and circumstantial produce on thought and feeling. If these become excessive, they are almost sure to trench on principles. Such persons are devotees of sectionality; their prudence is shrewd, but not sagacious; intelligence is narrowed down to time, place, and immediate results; and expediency is with them "the previous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:29-40

An argument from the shortness of the time. It is impossible to understand a large number of the apostolic allusions unless we recognize the early Church conception that the Christian dispensation would be very brief, and in all probability closed and completed in the first century, by the expected reappearance of the Lord Jesus Christ. This idea certainly prevailed among the disciples. To some extent at least it was shared by the apostles; but it is evident that they found it necessary to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:36-40

Duties of parents to children as to marriage. The apostle's words apply directly to daughters only. Among Jews and Greeks the disposal of the daughters of the family rested with the father. What is said, however, may extend very largely to sons as well. I. MARRIAGE IS NOT TO BE INSISTED UPON . It too commonly is in many circles, especially in the case of daughters, and thus becomes prolific of evils. The apostle rather commends the father who does not give his daughter in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:39

Only in the Lord. The second marriage of the Christian widow must be a holy and a Christian marriage ( 2 Corinthians 6:14 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:40

Happier. Freer from cares, distractions, and entanglements. If she so abide. If she remain a widow. I think also that I have the Spirit of God; rather, I think that I also, as well as the other teachers who have claimed spiritual authority for the rules they have given you about these subjects. The claim to authoritative decision is obviously less emphatic than it is in 1 Corinthians 14:37 ; still, it is an expression of personal conviction that he has the Spirit, not an implied... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:39

The wife is bound ... - ; see the notes at Romans 7:2.Only in the Lord - That is, only to one who is a Christian; with a proper sense of her obligations to Christ, and so as to promote his glory. The apostle supposed that could not be done if she were allowed to marry a pagan, or one of a different religion. The same sentiment he advances in 2 Corinthians 6:14, and it was his intention, undoubtedly, to affirm that it was proper for a widow to marry no one who was not a Christian. The reasons at... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:40

If she so abide - If she remain a widow even if she could be married to a Christian.After my judgment - In my opinion; 1 Corinthians 7:25.And I think also that I have the Spirit of God - Macknight and others suppose that this phrase implies entire certainty; and that Paul means to affirm that in this he was clear that he was under the influence of inspiration. He appeals for the use of the term (δωκῶ dōkō) to Mark 10:32; Luke 8:18; 1 Corinthians 4:9; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 1 Corinthians 11:16;... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 7:39-40

1 Corinthians 7:39-40. The wife is bound by the law See on Romans 7:2. Or the apostle may mean the law of the gospel, called the law of faith, and the law of liberty; or he may intend the law of marriage given to Adam and Eve in paradise: is bound to her husband so long as he liveth This is the general rule, from which is excepted the case of fornication, (Matthew 5:32,) and desertion, 1 Corinthians 7:15. The apostle repeats what he had enjoined in the preceding part of the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:25-40

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:25-40

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:29-40

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:29-40

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:36-40

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:39

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:40

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:39

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:40

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 7:39-40

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