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[Let] marriage [be] had in honor among all, and [let] the bed [be] undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Let marriage be (ο γαμος). No verb in the Greek. The copula can be supplied either εστιν (is) or εστω (let be, imperative).

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Marriage is honourable in all. The object here is to state that honor is to be shown to the marriage relation. It is not to be undervalued…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Marriage is honourable in all.—Rather, Let marriage be held in honour among all, and let the bed be undefiled; for fo…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Let your conversation be without covetous…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

From love for the badly treated the author turns to love within the marriage bond. The opening expression implies an imperative: “Let marriage be h…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Marriage is honorable in all, etc. Some think this is an exhortation to married people to conduct themselves modestly and in a becoming ma…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Marriage is honourable in all
Some read these words as an exhortation, "let" it "be so"; others as an a ertion, it is so. "Mar…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The purpose of Christ in giving himself for us is that he may purchase for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works; and true religion is t…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Having instructed them on how to bear with evil, the Apostle now tells them how to act in doing good. Therefore, according to a Glo , he is beginni…

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