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I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
I suppose. I think; I give the following advice.
For the present distress. In the present state of trial. The word dis…
I think therefore (νομιζω ουν). Paul proceeds to express therefore the previously mentioned judgment (γνωμην) and calls it his opi…
19th Century
Anglican
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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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 …
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I suppose, therefore, that this is good The opinion of the apostle, the sentiment of his mind, his judgment in this …
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Considering the distress of those times, the unmarried state was best. Nevertheless, the apostle does not condemn marriage. How contrary to the apo…
