1 Corinthians 7:7 - Exposition

For I would. The verb here used is thelo (will). In 1 Timothy 5:14 he says, "I prefer ( boulomai ) that the younger women marry." Even as I myself; endowed, that is, with the gift of continence, which would (in the expected nearness of Christ's coming) render marriage needless, and the condition of man like that of the angels in heaven, who neither marry nor are given in marriage. His proper gift. The "gifts" alluded to are the "graces" ( charismata ) of the Holy Spirit; and the grace of perfect continence does not exist equally in all ( Matthew 19:11 ). One after this manner, and another after that. The remark is general, but also has its special application to continence and marriage ( Matthew 19:12 ).