1 Corinthians 7, Husband and Wife

1 Corinthians 7 - Marriage

1 Corinthians 7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

The things whereof = what things
Ye wrote = The Corinthians had written a letter, but carefully avoided any reference to the disorders among themselves.
These had been reported by the members of Chloe's family (1Corinthians:11,12) and the scandal referred to in chapter 5 was a common report, which was perhaps made know by Stephanas and others (16, 17)
To touch a woman = NT:681 (specially) to set on fire

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: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Also the wife = the wife also
Benevolence = but instead of 'due benevolence", all the texts read "the debt", which elsewhere
Matthew 18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
Roman 13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Respect, taxes, etc.., pay what you owe.
For those who are concerned that our government sanctions such things as abortion, Vote ... to change the wrong laws like abortion, replace with Christian leaders that follow God's laws.
These are the last days, and this is God's Plan.
The scriptures tell many of these things would come to pass.

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; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Defraud as in verse 6,7, Here, deprive one the other = one another
Time = season
That = in order that

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 and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

Abide = remain

9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

If you cannot contain yourself, it's better to marry = self-control
Burn = 2 Corinthians 11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
Ephesians 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, where with ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
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Ephesians 6:16 Above all, having taken up the shield of faith, by which you will be able, all the darts of the evil one having been made fiery to quench.
Faith in what?
Faith in Christ.
Your shield is Jesus Christ Himself.
"Of the wicked" in the Greek is of the wicked one, which of course is Satan.
Now if Jesus Christ is your shield, Satan can send countless darts, but none shall penetrate your shield.
Revelation 1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
As burned = as glowing
Voice same as "sound"
The word ''waters'' is symbolic of the peoples in Revelation.
He had a voice that was the sound of many people, a voice of authority.
Revelation 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

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, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

Reconciled = Roman 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
If God loved us that much, because all have sinned.
How much more now are we saved by His life?
The elect who stand on the side of God will be saved, and you who study the word of God and have the deeper understanding are the elect.
He even is in you and you are in Him.

12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

You can be married to unbeliever only if, he or she doesn't try to keep you from serving the Lord.
Roman 7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Sin takes over in my weakness.

13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

Leave = as in verse 11. The same tense and voice, and should therefore be rendered "send away".
The absolutely equal rights of husband and wife are insisted on throughout the chapter.

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

Sanctified = John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Husband = all texts read "brother", believer, or Christian brother
Unclean = Peter's use of this word in Acts 10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
Acts 10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Holly = This, as contrasted with "unclean", must be the same ceremonial sense, but there may be a thought of the dedication of the child to God by the believing parent, and the influence he or she would exercise upon it.

15 But if the unbelieving 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?

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.

If one wishes to leave, let him leave or her leave

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.

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, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried 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.

Matthews 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
New birth Age. If you are worshipping Satan you did not wait for Christ, you are helping Satan bring in Babylon, confusion, his flood of lies.
With child means: you did not wait on The Lord, the marriage supper of the Lamb
If Christ comes back and find you chasing another husband meaning Satan, you did not wait on Christ, you are in bed with Satan
Most married men want to care for their family

34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried 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.

Today you can serve God and family, because of the travel time
Same as verse 33
There is difference between as in verse 17 (distributed)
Body = the body
Spirit = the spirit

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.

Today you can serve God and family, because of the travel time
Profit = same as "expedient"
1 Corinthians 6:12 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Something to hamper or fetter
That which is comely = decorum or propriety = Acts 13
That ye may attend = for devoted attention = Greek euprosedros = the texts read = euparedros, with the same meaning, only here.
Without distraction = cumber
Luke 10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
She trouble herself, cooking too much, she should be teaching in the word of God.
When it comes to the word of God, it should come first, because it stays with you.

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.

Think = same as "suppose" = verse 26
Behaveth = acts unseemly
1 Corinthians 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.
Virgin = virgin daughter
Pass = be of full age
Need so require = it ought to be so

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.

1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Having no = not, as in verse 1 = having
Necessity = constraint = as in verse 26
Power = authority
Over = concerning = as in verse 1

38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

Giveth .. in marriage
Elsewhere = Matthews 22:30 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Philip had four daughters, they all being virgins
They taught many with their father
It was better they didn't marry, because they were traveling doing God's words
Today you can travel from city to city and be back at home the same day.

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.

At liberty = free, as in verse 21, 22

40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

God has chosen her
Spirit of God = Divine Spirit

• Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.

• The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.

He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them among the heathens (like lost sheep)

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25