1 Corinthians 7:2 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Answers to the inquiries of the Corinthians respecting marriage. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Paul's conception of marriage. "Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me," etc. All that Paul here says of marriage is in answer to some communication which the Church had addressed to him On the subject, and what he says he declares is not "of commandment," that is, not by Divine authority, but by "permission." All Scripture is therefore not inspired, even all the counsels of St. Paul do not seem to have been so. So desirous did he seem to be that all he says on this subject... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:2

Nevertheless . In this single word St. Paul practically refutes all the dangerous and unwarrantable inferences drawn by St. Jerome and others from the previous clause. St. Jerome argues: "If it is good for a man not to touch a woman, it must be bad to do so, and therefore celibacy is a holier state than marriage." He also says, "I suspect the goodness of a thing which the greatness of another evil enforces as a lesser evil." Such reasoning shows: 1. The danger of pressing words to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:2

Christianity and marriage. The human mind is influenced by the law of action and reaction, and hence human opinion tends to extremes. Corinth was a city famous, or rather infamous, for its licentiousness; not only was society corrupt; religion sanctioned and spread the prevalent moral corruption. No place was more remarkable for the union between splendour and impurity. When a Christian community was formed at Corinth, it was natural enough that some of the old leaven of sensuality should... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:2-17

Marriage: its nature and duties. I. NATURE . 1. It is the union of one man and one woman. ( 1 Corinthians 7:2 .) Polygamy and polyandry are rigorously excluded from the sanction of the Christian faith. The former was tolerated by God in early times, but never enjoined or commended. The first union, in Eden, was of the Christian order. The wisdom of the dictum of Christianity has been exemplified by universal experience. All other arrangements are prolific of evils. 2. It is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:2

Nevertheless - But (δὲ de). Though this is to be admitted as proper where it can be done, when a man has entire control of himself and his passions, and though in present circumstances it would be expedient, yet it may be proper also to enter into the marriage connection.To avoid fornication - Greek On account of διὰ dia fornication. The word fornication is used here in the large sense of licentiousness in general. For the sake of the purity of society, and to avoid the evils of sensual... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 7:1-2

1 Corinthians 7:1-2. Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me The letter of the Corinthian believers to which the apostle alludes here, and in which it appears they put divers questions to him, hath long been lost; a circumstance to be much regretted; for had it been preserved, it would doubtless have illustrated many passages of the two epistles to the Corinthians, which are now obscure because we are ignorant of the matters to which the apostle alludes in these passages. It is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-9

7:1-40 CHRISTIAN MARRIAGEResponsibilities of marriage (7:1-9)Paul now deals with those matters concerning which the Corinthians had written. One problem concerned marriage. Some thought it more honourable and a sign of moral purity not to marry. Paul replies that marriage is honourable. It is the normal course God has set out for humankind, though there are exceptions. In some cases it may be better not to marry (he will explain this in a moment), but because Corinth is an immoral city and full... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 7:2

Nevertheless = But. to avoid = on account of. App-104 . 1 Corinthians 7:2 . every = each. husband . App-123 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.Christianity is opposed to polygamy, concubinage, divorce and all related evils. Also, there is implicit in this verse a practical condemnation of celibacy. Celibacy being an absolutely unattainable state for the vast majority of mankind, marriage is required as the only practical alternative.But because of fornications ... By these words and the command following, Paul refuted absolutely the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:2-17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 7:1-2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 7:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:2

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