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Are you bound to a wife? Don`t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don`t seek a wife.
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Advice for a 'Present Crisis'
Commentators stress that Paul's advice to remain in one's current marital state is not a universal command for all time. It was given specifically 'because of the present necessity' (v. 26). Scholars note that Paul's later writings, like Ephesians 5, present a very high view of marriage, indicating this counsel was for a particular, distressing time.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Art thou bound unto a wife? Are you already married? Marriage is often thus represented as a tie, a bond, etc. See Barnes on Roma…
Art thou bound to a wife? (δεδεσα γυναικι; ). Perfect passive indicative of δεω, to bind, with dative case γυναικ. Marriage bond a…
19th Century
Anglican
Are you bound to a wife?—This is an explanation and re-assertion of the previous words “so to be.” Being “loosed from a w…
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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
Are you bound to a wife? After stating what would be most advantageous, he adds at the same time that we should not be so influenced by th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Art thou bound unto a wife ? &c.] Or to a woman; either by promise, or by espousal, or by consummate marriage; either of …
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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…
