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Text -- 1 Corinthians 7:26-40 (NET)
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Context
7:26 Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.
7:27 The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce . The one released from a wife should not seek marriage .
7:28 But if you marry , you have not sinned . And if a virgin marries , she has not sinned . But those who marry will face difficult circumstances , and I am trying to spare you such problems .
7:29 And I say this, brothers and sisters : The time is short . So then those who have wives should be as those who have none ,
7:30 those with tears like those not weeping , those who rejoice like those not rejoicing , those who buy like those without possessions ,
7:31 those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away .
7:32 And I want you to be free from concern . An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord , how to please the Lord .
7:33 But a married man is concerned about the things of the world , how to please his wife ,
7:34 and he is divided . An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord , to be holy both in body and spirit . But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world , how to please her husband .
7:35 I am saying this for your benefit , not to place a limitation on you , but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord .
7:36 If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin , if she is past the bloom of youth and it seems necessary , he should do what he wishes ; he does not sin . Let them marry .
7:37 But the man who is firm in his commitment , and is under no necessity but has control over his will , and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin , does well .
7:38 So then , the one who marries his own virgin does well , but the one who does not , does better .
7:39 A wife is bound as long as her husband is living . But if her husband dies , she is free to marry anyone she wishes (only someone in the Lord ).
7:40 But in my opinion , she will be happier if she remains as she is – and I think that I too have the Spirit of God !
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Marriage |
Revelation of Christ |
Virgin |
Celibacy |
Wife |
Zeal |
Stoicism |
Spirituality |
Chastity |
Watchfulness |
CARE; CAREFULNESS; CAREFUL |
Worldliness |
Anxiety |
PAROUSIA |
EUNUCH |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
Widow |
Binding and Loosing |
Husband |
Mankind |
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NET Notes: 1Co 7:28 Grk “I am trying to spare you.” Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context. “Such problems” h...
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NET Notes: 1Co 7:34 Grk “The unmarried woman and the virgin.” The identity of the “virgin” here is a matter of interpretation (see note on “...
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NET Notes: 1Co 7:36 Or referring to an engaged man: “if he is past the critical point,” “if his passions are too strong.” The word literally means...
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NET Notes: 1Co 7:38 1 Cor 7:36-38. There are two common approaches to understanding the situation addressed in these verses. One view involves a father or male guardian d...
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