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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:3

7:3 {2} Let the husband render unto the wife {c} due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.(2) Secondly, he shows that the parties married must with singular affection entirely love one another.(c) The word "due" contains all types of benevolence, though he speaks more of one sort than of the other, in that which follows. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Those things in Chapters 5 and 6, which were of such serious importance as demanding correction, had evidently not even been questions in the minds of the Corinthians. But Paul was required to raise these first, before he answered questions they had raised as to various practical problems that arise as regards the marriage relationship, problems occasioned by fallen human nature. We must not forget that as God instituted it, "Marriage is honorable in all" (Hebrews 13:4). And we must... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40

THE CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE It seems a strange inconsistency that a church “puffed up” over an incestuous person in their midst, should have scruples about the lawful marriage of a Christian, but such seems to have been the case. Paul yields the point on which some insisted, that it was desirable for a Christian man to remain single (1 Corinthians 7:1 ), at least at that period and in those circumstances, provided he could do so without sin. But as the temptation in that case would be strong, he... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Peculiar Questions 1 Corinthians 7-9 "I speak this by permission, and not of commandment." "I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful." "I think also that I have the Spirit of God." Let us see what kind of quality we have to deal with, apart altogether from the mystery of inspiration, when we are dealing with such a man as the Apostle Paul. What was he out of the chair? Of what quality are God's princes? Unrobed and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-3

(1) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. (2) Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. (3) Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. I have often considered a great part of this Chapter as having a spiritual illustration. And sure I am, if we were to read it in many parts of it with an eye to Christ and his... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:1-9

1-9 The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, in that juncture of time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, and the comforts of that state, are settled by Divine wisdom. Though none may break the law of God, yet that perfect rule leaves men at liberty to serve him in the way most suited to their powers and circumstances, of which others often are very unfit judges. All must determine for themselves, seeking counsel from God how they ought to act. read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-99

1Co 7 FROM THE FIRST verse of chapter 7 we infer that Paul sat down to write this epistle in reply to a letter of enquiry, previously received from the Corinthians. Only, when he did so there were graver and more urgent matters to be first disposed of, and these fill up chapters i. to vi. He now turns to deal with their enquiries; and we find the words, “Now concerning,” repeated at the beginning of 1Co 12.0 and 1Co 16.0 . They had evidently written raising questions as to marriage, things... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Corinthians 7:1-5

Instructions with Regard to Marriage. The propriety and the duty of marriage: v. 1. Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. v. 2. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. v. 3. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence, and likewise also the wife unto the husband. v. 4. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband; and likewise also the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Corinthians 7:1-11

XIII.—INSTRUCTIONS IN REGARD TO MARRIAGEA.1—The propriety of marriage, and the duties involved1 Corinthians 7:1-111 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me:2 It is good for a man not 2to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication [But on account of the fornications], let every man have his own [ἑαυτοῦ] wife, and let every woman have her own 3[ἴδίον] husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence [her due3] and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4The... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-14

Marriage Bonds 1 Corinthians 7:1-14 The Apostle first addresses the unmarried, 1 Corinthians 7:1 , etc . He speaks elsewhere reverently of marriage, Ephesians 5:23 . Forbidding to marry is in his judgment a symptom of apostasy, 1 Timothy 4:1-3 . His recommendations here were evidently due to the special circumstances of that difficult and perilous time. The loftiest conception of marriage is the wedding of two souls, each of which, has found its affinity; the Apostle is treating here the... read more