But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

Commentaries

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

But and if thou marry (εαν δε κα γαμησηις). Condition of the third class, undetermined with prospect of being determined, with the…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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 …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

But and if thou marry.—Better, If, however, you have married. The teaching here is not for some who will, after …

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

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

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

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

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

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

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Considering the distre of those times, the unmarried state was best. Neverthele , the apostle does not condemn marriage. How contrary to the apostl…

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