Verse 17
17. Distributed Allotted. This new Christianity does not intend, as some aspiring spirits are inclined to fancy, to break up the order of society, but rather to make every man stay where he is, and perform the duties of his place in the very best way. Nay, it considers every man’s position rather a providential allotment, a calling which he should retain and adorn. And this maxim Paul now enforces, both by illustration and repetition. 1 Corinthians 7:20; 1 Corinthians 7:24.
Ordain I Implying that an apostle possesses authority to supplement the ordinances of Christ.
All churches So that the Corinthians need not feel themselves specially burdened by this injunction. It is the law for universal Christianity.
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