1 Corinthians 7:6-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-9

The apostle comes now, as a faithful and skilful casuist, to answer some cases of conscience which the Corinthians had proposed to him. Those were things whereof they wrote to him, 1 Cor. 7:1. As the lips of ministers should keep knowledge, so the people should ask the law at their mouths. The apostle was as ready to resolve as they were to propose their doubts. In the former chapter, he warns them to avoid fornication; here he gives some directions about marriage, the remedy God had appointed... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:3-7

7:3-7 Let the husband give to the wife all that is due to her; and in the same way let the wife give to the husband all that is due to him. A wife is not in absolute control of her own body, but her husband is. In the same way a husband is not in absolute control of his own body, but his wife is. Do not deprive each other of each other's legitimate rights, unless it be by common agreement, and for a limited time. You could do so in order to have time for prayer and afterwards come together... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:6

But I speak this by permission ,.... Referring either to what he had said before, though not to all; not to 1 Corinthians 7:2 that for the avoiding of fornication, every man should make use of his own wife, and every woman of her own husband; since this is not by permission, but by command, Genesis 2:24 that carnal copulation should be between one man and one woman in a married state; nor to 1 Corinthians 7:3 for that married persons ought to render due benevolence to, and not defraud... read more

John Gill

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

For I would that all men were even as I myself ,.... The apostle speaks not of his state and condition, as married or unmarried, for it is not certain which he was; some think he had a wife, others not: it looks, however, as if he had not at this time, as appears from 1 Corinthians 7:8 but be it which it will, it can hardly be thought he should wish all men to be in either state, either all married, or all unmarried; but he speaks of the gift of continency, which he had, as the following... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:6

I speak this by permission, etc. - It was a constant custom of the more conscientious rabbins, to make a difference between the things which they enjoined on their own judgment, and those which they built on the authority of the law. Thus Rabbi Tancum: "The washing of hands before meat is in our own power; washing after meat is commanded." In relation to this point Dr. Lightfoot produces some examples from the Jewish writers: "The man is commanded concerning begetting and multiplying, but... read more

Adam Clarke

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

For I would that all men, etc. - He wished that all that were then in the Church were, like him self, unmarried; but this was in reference to the necessities of the Church, or what he calls, 1 Corinthians 7:26 , the present distress: for it never could be his wish that marriage should cease among men, and that human beings should no longer be propagated upon earth; nor could he wish that the Church of Christ should always be composed of single persons; this would have been equally absurd;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:6

Verse 6 6.By permission That they might not, by taking their stand upon a precept of the kind that he had prescribed, loosen unduly the restraints of lust, (380) he adds a limitation — that he had written these things on account of their infirmity — that they may bear in mind that marriage is a remedy for unchastity, lest they should inordinately abuse the advantage of it, so as to gratify their desire by every means; nay more, without measure or modesty. He has it also in view to meet the... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 7 7.For I should wish, that all. This is connected with the exposition of the foregoing statement; for he does not fail to intimate, what is the more convenient way, but he wishes every one to consider what has been given him. (387) Why, then, has he, a little before, spoken not by way of commandment ? It is for this reason, that he does not willingly constrain them to marry, but rather desires that they may be free from that necessity. As this, however, is not free to all, he has respect... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-7

Advice on details of Christian conduct. In dealing with these verses, it should be noticed: 1. That, concerning such matters of practical detail, St. Paul gives his advice, he does not lay down authoritative commands. 2. The apostle's mission concerned principles, not details, which are properly regarded as well within the control of cultured Christian thought and judgment. Inspiration is wisely limited to subjects which, for any reason, are out of ordinary human reach. None of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-9

Celibacy and marriage. Hitherto the apostle has been treating of abuses in the Church at Corinth, which had come to his knowledge, either through the household of Chloe ( 1 Corinthians 1:11 ) or through common report ( 1 Corinthians 5:1 ). He passes now to deal with certain matters regarding which the Corinthians had asked his advice by letter; and the first of these is marriage, with other related subjects. While treating the whole chapter homiletically, the preacher will do well to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-9

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:3-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:6

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:6

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:6

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

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-9

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