Bible Commentary

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 19. Circumcision is nothing ] It was not circumcision in itself that had any value, but the obedience to a divine command. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Circumcision is nothing … – It is of no consequence … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 7:19”

Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 18. Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised ] Many Jews, we are assured, were ashamed of their Judaism, and were desirous to obliterate all the outward signs of it. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 7:18”

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. 17 24. Christianity not intended to revolutionize the relations between the believer and society 17. But as God hath distributed ] The permission to live apart from a heathen … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 7:17”

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save [thy] wife? 16. For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? ] Until the 14th century the meaning of this passage was supposed to be that the believing partner … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 7:16”

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. 15. A brother or a sister is not under bondage (literally, enslaved) in such cases ] The Roman Catholic divines, e.g. Lapide and Ambrosiaster, as well as the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 7:15”

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. 14. is sanctified ] In both members of the sentence the original has hath been sanctified, i.e. by the conversion of the believer to Christianity. The sacred … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 7:14”

And the woman which hath a husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. 13. let her not leave him ] The word here is the same which in the last verse is translated ‘ put away.’ Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 7:13”

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. 12. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord ] That is, there has been no precept given by Christ Himself in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 7:12”

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife. 11. but and if she depart ] Literally, be separated, as above. There were great facilities for divorce, both under the law of Greece and Rome, in St Paul’s day, but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 7:11”

And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband: 10 16. Mutual obligations of Married Persons 10. yet not I, but the Lord ] The Apostle is quoting our Lord’s words in St Mar 10:11-12. No distinction is intended between what he, as a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Corinthians 7:10”