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But to the married I command -- not I, but the Lord -- that the wife not leave her husband
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Paul emphasizes that this instruction is not his personal opinion but a direct command from the Lord Jesus Christ. Commentators explain that Paul is reiterating what Jesus taught during His earthly ministry, as recorded in the Gospels (e.g., Matthew 5:32, 19:9). This gives the prohibition against divorce the highest possible authority for believers.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And unto the married. This verse commences the second subject of inquiry: namely, whether it was proper, in the existing circumst…
To the married (τοις γεγαμηκοσιν). Perfect active participle of γαμεω, old verb, to marry, and still married as the tense shows.
19th Century
Anglican
And to the married . . .—The Apostle has concluded his instruction to the unmarried and widows, and in [Reference 1 Corinthians 7:…
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Paul’s next major concern relates to Christians and divorce. What he states in v.10 “to the married” is by “command”—not his own, but the command o…
16th Century
Protestant
To the married I command. He now addresses another condition of marriage—its being an indissoluble tie. Accordingly, he condemns all those…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And unto the married I command To the unmarried and widows he spoke by permission, or only gave advice and counsel t…
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Husband and wife must not separate for any reason other than what Christ allows. Divorce, at that time, was very common among both Jews and Gentile…
