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Advice for a Crisis
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that Paul's advice is for a specific, temporary situation he calls the 'present distress.' They identify this as a time of intense persecution or calamity for the early church. This means his preference for singleness here is not a universal, timeless command but practical counsel for navigating a crisis.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 7:26
18th Century
Theologian
I suppose. I think; I give the following advice.
For the present distress. In the present state of trial. The word dis…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 7:26
I think therefore (νομιζω ουν). Paul proceeds to express therefore the previously mentioned judgment (γνωμην) and calls it his opi…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 7:26
19th Century
Bishop
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress.—Better, I think then that it is good because of the i…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 7:26
Each person should remain as he or she now is “because of the present crisis” (see comments on vv.1, 29–31). In other words, remain married if you …
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 7:26
16th Century
Theologian
I think therefore that this is good. While I translate this passage of Paul’s writings differently from Erasmus or the Vulgate, I at the s…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 7:26
17th Century
Pastor
I suppose, therefore, that this is good
The opinion of the apostle, the sentiment of his mind, his judgment in this …
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 7:25–35
17th Century
Minister
Considering the distress of those times, the unmarried state was best. Nevertheless, the apostle does not condemn marriage. How contrary to the apo…