To the unmarried and to the widows (τοις αγαμοις κα ταις χηραις). It is possible that by "the unmarried" (masculine plural) the ap…

To the unmarried. The word unmarried (agamoiv) may refer either to those who had never been married, or to widowers. It …

I say therefore.—Better, Now what I say is, ... Widows are here joined with those who have not been married. Otherwise, d…

Paul now gives advice to those who are single, whom he classifies as the unmarried and the widows. It is good or advisable for them to remain in th…

I say, then, to the unmarried. This depends on what was said before and is a sort of inference from it. He had said that the gifts of God …

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows
Not by way of command, but advice: by the "unmarried" he means, either s…

The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, at that particular time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, a…

After rebuking the fornicator and those who upheld him, the Apostle now begins to discuss marriage. In this regard, he does three things:

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