Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 7:1-7
The importance of sexual relations in marriage 7:1-7Paul advised married people not to abstain from normal sexual relations. read more
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Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 7:1-12
III. QUESTIONS ASKED OF PAUL 7:1-16:12The remainder of the body of this epistle deals with questions the Corinthians had put to Paul in a letter. Paul introduced each of these with the phrase peri de ("now concerning," 1 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 12:1; 1 Corinthians 16:1; 1 Corinthians 16:12), a phrase commonly used in antiquity. [Note: Keener, p. 62.] "Rather than a friendly exchange, in which the new believers in Corinth are asking spiritual advice... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 7:1-16
1. Advice to the married or formerly married 7:1-16Paul proceeded to give guidelines to the married or formerly married. The statement "It is good for a man not to touch a woman" (1 Corinthians 7:1) may well have been a Corinthian slogan. [Note: Ibid., p. 270.] This hypothesis, which seems valid to me in light of Paul’s argumentation, results in a different interpretation of the text than has been traditional. The traditional view takes the entire section as explaining Paul’s position on... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 7:3
In view of the temptation to commit fornication, each partner in marriage needs to fulfill his or her sexual duty to the spouse. Part of the responsibility of marriage is to meet the various needs of the partner (Genesis 2:18), including sexual needs. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40
(a) Answer to Questions about MarriageThe Corinthians had in their letter (1 Corinthians 7:1) asked St. Paul’s opinion on several points connectedwithmarriage. His language in reply is guarded; he speaks with some diffidence; he constantly admits exceptions and lays down restrictions. This makes his meaning sometimes obscure; but the general drift is that celibacy, though a good thing in itself, is not suited to the needs of many, especially in circumstances like theirs; and marriage, though... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 7:3
(3) Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence.—Rather, Let the husband render unto the wife her due—such being the reading of the better MSS. In this verse the Apostle answers the scruples of those who already were married and who doubted whether they should continue so. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40
1 Corinthians 7:10 ; 1 Corinthians 7:12 'He can be nowise considered the disciple of Paul,' says Bacon in the De Augmentis Scientiarum, "who does not sometimes insert in his doctrines, "I, not the Lord," or again, "according to my counsel," which style is generally suited to inferences. Wherefore it appears to me that it would be of especial use and benefit if a temperate and careful treatise were instituted, which, as a kind of Divine logic, should lay down proper precepts touching the use... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40
Chapter 11MARRIAGETHERE are two preliminary considerations which throw some light on this much-contested passage. First, Paul had to speak about marriage as he found it, as it existed among those to whom he wished to be of service. Hence he makes no allusion to that which among ourselves is the main argument for, or at least the one only justifying motive to marriage, viz., love. Marriage is treated here from a lower point of view than it would have been had this letter been originally written... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40
4. Concerning the Relationship of Man and Woman CHAPTER 7 1. The Single and the Married Life. (1 Corinthians 7:1-9 ). 2. Separation and Divorce. (1 Corinthians 7:10-16 ). 3. Abiding in the Different Callings. (1 Corinthians 7:17-24 ). 4. The Unmarried and Married in Contrast. (1 Corinthians 7:25-40 ). It is evident from the first verse that the Corinthians had inquired of the Apostle about marriage and the relationship of man and woman. It was an important question in a city of the... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:3
3, 4. The duty of cohabitation on the part of the married. due benevolence—The oldest manuscripts read simply, "her due"; that is, the conjugal cohabitation due by the marriage contract (compare 1 Corinthians 7:4). read more