1 Corinthians 7:29-32 ESV

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

1 Corinthians 7:29-31 I. Let us contrast the world's treatment of sorrow with that of Christ. Here we use the word world in the widest sense the world of which the Apostle John speaks as including all that is not under the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which has no law but its own interest, or passion or caprice, no aims beyond those which begin and end in the present life, no understanding or care for things which are unseen but eternal. What has it to say to the crushed spirit in its... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:31

1 Corinthians 7:31 Note: I. The reason why we should not abuse this world: "For the fashion of this world passeth away." Literally, the scene changes. The surface of the world is always shifting. The moral instability of the earth, in the history of its inhabitants, is like the physical instability of the water. That man is in a pitiable plight whose soul cleaves to the fashion of this world; for it is continually moving, and every movement rends him. The redeemed of the Lord, even in the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:32

1 Corinthians 7:32 I. If you look at the context of this passage, you will perceive that St. Paul's words refer to a particular case, or take their rise from circumstances peculiar to the times. The times were those of persecution, when men who avouched the Christian faith exposed themselves to the loss of substance and of life. It was undesirable, in times such as these, that men should add to the causes of disquietude and anxiety; and therefore the Apostle advised their not contracting... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

DISCOURSE: 1962MODERATION IN THE USE OF EARTHLY THINGS INCULCATED1 Corinthians 7:29-31. This I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that hare wives be as though they had none; and they that Keep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.IT is no inconsiderable part of Christian wisdom to... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Corinthians 7:32

DISCOURSE: 1963AGAINST CAREFULNESS1 Corinthians 7:32. I would have you without carefulness.THERE were, as might be expected, subjects of great difficulty and delicacy submitted, from time to time, to the Apostle Paul, for his decision. In matters of expediency was he consulted, no less than of duty. Of that nature was the question which was proposed to him from Corinth, on the subject of marriage. Of the lawfulness of that holy ordinance there could be no doubt, since it was instituted by God... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 1 Corinthians 7:31

world kosmos = world-system. 2 Corinthians 7:10; John 7:7. (See Scofield "John 7:7- :") . read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

A Drama in Five Acts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Sermon (No. 481) Delivered on Sunday Morning, November 23rd, 1862, by Rev. C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the seventh chapter of I Corinthians.The Corinthian church was a mess. There were just a lot of problems, a problem with carnality. There were divisions in the church, some saying that they were of Cephas, or Peter, and others saying that they were of Paul, and some saying that they were of Apollos. They were suing each other at law, going to the earthly courts. And Paul had received the report, so he wrote to them about these things. But basically his purpose... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 7:1-40

It is evident from the tenor of this chapter that the Corinthians had written to the apostle for advice on the subject of marriage and its obligations, and that he is here resolving their various difficulties. Some of them, from observing the gross licentiousness of their native city, and affected it may be with the habits of the eastern ascetics, which afterwards prevailed, appeared to doubt of the lawfulness of marriage in any case: 1 Corinthians 7:1-9. Others who had unbelieving wives and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 7:25-40

1 Corinthians 7:25-40Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord.Concerning virgins and widowsThe apostle advises--I. The unmarried of both sexes. As he has argued against the disruption of the ties between slave and master, Christian and heathen, so Paul now advises the unmarried to remain as they are. Not that he disparages marriage, but special circumstances make it inadvisable.1. The present distress (1 Corinthians 7:26). This may refer to the Neronian persecution already... read more