1 Corinthians 7
Marriage debate
| Controversy |
| Matrimony and marriage are social agreements or contracts. You can learn more about Marriage and the Permanency of marriage at these links. And then Jesus talks about Foolish virgins as a metaphor of those who remain separate from the world but do not seek the Kingdom of God in a timely fashion. They fail to sit down in a charitable daily ministration of the tens as commanded by Christ. |
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| The Marriage Debate |
| Paul is certainly talking about the relationship of natural Marriage. He is also talking about the faith in Christ and The Way should not divide a family. |
| He is also comparing that relationship on the level of the bride of Christ and the congregations. |
| When he speaks of "virgins" is he talking about foolish virgins? Does he shift the subject when he says "And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away." What does it mean to "use this world"? |
| Modern Christians use the world to provide most of their daily ministration through public welfare and men who call themselves Benefactors but exercise authority. |
| Staying a virgin and not signing up with the Temples like the Parthenos (a virgin) for your Public welfare allows you to be "at liberty" to seek the kingdom. |
| This is why Paul immediately goes into discussing eating things offered to idols in 1 Corinthians 8. The free bread offered by the Temples of Rome should not be prayed for by Christians, the believers. |
| Paul knows that to eat of their [welfare]] table is a snare[1] and a "wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead" which may be a reference to the fall of Rome and the Imperial Cult of Rome. |
| There is no evidence that either Christ or Paul commanded celibacy, but that was an invented doctrine of men who exercise authority to secure property, wealth, and power. 1 Corinthians 9:5 |
| The word unmarried[2] in the Greek was agamos which includes widows and only appears four times in all the New Testament in 1 Corinthians 7 verses 8, 11, 32, 34. |
| In verse 38 we see the word "better" translated from kreisson[3] which may merely mean there is an "advantage". The much more common word for better is kreitton.[4] |
| Why is Paul talking about being servants of men in a chapter about marriage? |
| Is he also talking about national adultery and fornication? |
| If the world can be a snare mentioned in verse 35 does that make us servants of men? |
| No one can be uncircumcised. |
| What does he mean by uncircumcision? |
| Is Paul talking about becoming free from the system of the world that makes you a servant of men? |
| He says liberty comes when the husband is dead. |
| Is the husband a metaphor for the world being the "constitutional order" that makes merchandise and servants of men? |
1 ¶ Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch[5] a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence[6]: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer[7]; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. 6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. 7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. 8 I say therefore to the unmarried[2] and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Depart vs Divorce
10 ¶ And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried[2], or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not[8], and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. 13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not[8], and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving[8] wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. 15 But if the unbelieving[8] depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. 16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
Not Servants of men
17 ¶ But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. 18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. 21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. 22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Use this World
25 ¶ Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; 30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; 31 And they that use this world[9], as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world[9] passeth away. 32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried[2] careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried[2] woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
36 ¶ But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. 37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. 38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
39 ¶ The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
Corinthians Index
1 Corinthians Introduction | 1 Corinthians 1 | 1 Corinthians 2 | 1 Corinthians 3 | 1 Corinthians 4 | 1 Corinthians 5 | 1 Corinthians 6 | 1 Corinthians 7 | 1 Corinthians 8 | 1 Corinthians 9 | 1 Corinthians 10 | 1 Corinthians 11 | 1 Corinthians 12 | 1 Corinthians 13 | 1 Corinthians 14 | 1 Corinthians 15 | 1 Corinthians 16
Footnotes
- ↑ Psalms 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
- Romans 11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 22 ~ἄγαμος~ agamos \@ag’-am-os\@ from 1 (as a negative particle) and 1062; ; adj AV-unmarried 4; 4
- 1) unmarried, unwedded, single {#1Co 7:8,32} and even used of women {#1Co 7:11,34}
- 1 Corinthians 7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried <22> and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
- 1 Corinthians 7:11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried <22>, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
- 1 Corinthians 7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried <22> careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
- 1 Corinthians 7:34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman <22> careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
- ↑ 2908 ~κρεῖσσον~ kreisson \@krice’-son\@ neuter of an alternate form of 2909; ; adv AV-better 2; 2
- 1) better, i.e. greater advantage
- ↑ 2909 ~κρείττων~ kreitton \@krite’-tohn\@ comparative of a derivative of 2904; ; adj AV-better 17, best 1; 18
- 1) more useful, more serviceable, more advantageous
- 2) more excellent
- ↑ 680 ~ἅπτομαι~ haptomai \@hap’-tom-ahee\@ reflexive of 681; ; v AV-touch 36; 36
- 1) to fasten one’s self to, adhere to, cling to
- 1a) to touch
- 1b) of carnal intercourse with a women or cohabitation
- 1c) of levitical practice of having no fellowship with heathen practices. Things not to be touched appear to be both women and certain kinds of food, so celibacy and abstinence of certain kinds of food and drink are recommended.
- 1d) to touch, assail anyone
- 1) to fasten one’s self to, adhere to, cling to
- ↑ Benevolence
- 1 Corinthians 7:3 "Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence <2133>: and likewise also the wife unto the husband."
- Ephesians 6:7 "With good will <2133> doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:"
- Matthew 5:25 "Agree <2132> with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison."
- Leviticus 19:18 "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD."
- Matthew 5:43 "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy."
- Matthew 19:19 "Honour thy father and [thy] mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
- Matthew 22:39 "And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
- Luke 10:27 "And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself."
- Romans 13:9 "For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law."
- Galatians 5:14 "For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
- James 2:8 "If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:"
- ↑ Fasting and Prayer
- Nehemiah 1:4 "And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,"
- Psalms 35:11 "False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom."
- Daniel 9:3 "And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:"
- Matthew 17:21 "Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."
- Mark 9:29 "And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting."
- Luke 2:37 "And she [was] a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served [God] with prayers and fastings night and day."
- Luke 5:33 "And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise [the disciples] of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?"
- Acts 10:30 "And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,"
- Acts 13:3 "And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid [their] hands on them, they sent [them] away."
- Acts 14:23 "And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed."
- 1 Corinthians 7:5 "Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency."
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 571 ἄπιστος apistos [ap’-is-tos] from 1 (as a negative particle) and 4103 pistos; adj; TDNT-6:174,849; [{See TDNT 634 }] AV-that believe not 6, unbelieving 5, faithless 4, unbeliever 4, infidel 2, thing incredible 1, which believe not 1; 23
- 1) unfaithful, faithless, (not to be trusted, perfidious)
- 2) incredible
- 2a) of things
- 3) unbelieving, incredulous
- 3a) without trust (in God)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Template:1ofthisworld
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