1 Corinthians 7:34-36 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:35

The apostle here resumes his discourse, and gives directions to virgins how to act, concerning which we may take notice, I. Of the manner wherein he introduces them: ?Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord, 1 Cor. 7:25. I have no express and universal law delivered by the Lord himself concerning celibacy; but I give my judgment, as one who hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful,? namely, in the apostleship. He acted faithfully, and therefore his direction was to be... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:36-38

In this passage the apostle is commonly supposed to give advice about the disposal of children in marriage, upon the principle of his former determination. In this view the general meaning is plain. It was in that age, and those parts of the world, and especially among the Jews, reckoned a disgrace for a woman to remain unmarried past a certain number of years: it gave a suspicion of somewhat that was not for her reputation. ?Now,? says the apostle, ?if any man thinks he behaves unhandsomely... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:26-35

7:26-35 I think that this is the right thing because of the present crisis-- that it is the right thing for a man to remain as he is. Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released from that bond. Are you free from marriage ties? Do not seek a wife. But, if you do marry, you have committed no sin. Those who do marry will have trouble about bodily things, and I would wish to spare you this. This I do say, brothers, the time is short, so short that, for the future those who have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:34

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin ,.... The word μεμερισται , translated "there is difference", stands in some copies at the end of the last verse, and in the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, by which it is rendered, "and is divided"; referring to the married man, whose thoughts are distracted with the cares of the world, and his mind divided between the Lord and his wife, between the things that please the one, and those that please the other; so that he cannot... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:35

And this I speak for your own profit ,.... The apostle suggests, that in giving the advice he did to unmarried persons to abide single, he had nothing else in view than their temporal and spiritual advantage; that they might be better able to meet and grapple with persecution for the sake of the Gospel; that they might be more free from the cares and encumbrances of life, and more at liberty to serve the Lord; whereby not only his glory, but their spiritual good, might be promoted; not that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:36

But if any man think ,.... This some understand of a man that is engaged, or betrothed to a virgin, and protracts marriage, who may use his prudence in consummating it, if he pleases, for any thing the apostle has said to the contrary: but it is better to understand it of a parent, or one that has the care and guardianship of virgins; if such an one is of opinion, that he behaveth himself uncomely towards his virgin : by exposing her to contempt and reproach, in retaining her at home,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:34

There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin - That is: There is this difference between a married and an unmarried woman. The unmarried careth (only) for the things of the Lord, having no domestic duties to perform. That she may be holy - separated to Divine employments, both in body and spirit. Whereas she that is married careth (also) for the things of the world, how she may please her husband, having many domestic duties to fulfill, her husband being obliged to leave to her the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:35

This I speak for your own profit - The advices belong to yourselves alone, because of the peculiar circumstances in which you are placed. Nothing spoken here was ever designed to be of general application; it concerned the Church at Corinth alone, or Churches in similar circumstances. Not that I may cast a snare upon you - Ουχ ἱνα βροχον ὑμιν επιβαλω - Here is a manifest allusion to the Retiarius among the Romans, who carried a small casting net, which he endeavored to throw over the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:36

Uncomely towards his virgin - Different meanings have been assigned to this verse; I shall mention three of the principal. "In those early times, both among the Hebrews and Christians, the daughters were wholly in the power of the father, so that he might give or not give them in marriage as he chose; and might bind them to perpetual celibacy if he thought proper; and to this case the apostle alludes. If the father had devoted his daughter to perpetual virginity, and he afterwards found... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:34

Verse 34 34.The unmarried woman and the virgin. What he had laid down as to men he now declares in like manner as to women — that virgins and widows are not prevented by earthly things from devoting their whole cares and their whole affections to God. Not that all act this part, but that there is opportunity for it, if the mind is so disposed. When he says, that she may be holy in body and in spirit, he shows what kind of chastity is true and acceptable to God — when the mind is kept unpolluted... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:35

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:36-38

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:26-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:36

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:36

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:34

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