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Marriage Is Not a Sin
All commentators agree that Paul's primary point here is to remove any guilt associated with marriage. He explicitly states that for a man or a virgin to marry is not a sin. This clarifies that his earlier advice toward celibacy was practical counsel for a specific time of 'distress,' not a universal moral command.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 7:28
18th Century
Theologian
Thou hast not sinned. There is no express command of God on this subject. The counsel which I give is mere advice, and it may be observed …
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 7:28
But and if thou marry (εαν δε κα γαμησηις). Condition of the third class, undetermined with prospect of being determined, with the…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 7:28
19th Century
Bishop
But and if thou marry.—Better, If, however, you have married. The teaching here is not for some who will, after …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 7:28
Paul hastens to make it plain that there is nothing sinful in marriage, whether entered into by a widow, a widower, or a virgin. His main motive in…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 7:28
16th Century
Theologian
But if you should even marry. As there was a danger of one’s thinking from the preceding statement that he tempted God if he knowingly and…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 7:28
17th Century
Pastor
But and if you marry, you do not sin
If a man that has never been married, or one that has, if legally loosed from h…
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…