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The Goal: Undivided Devotion
Commentators agree that Paul's main point is practical. He contrasts the single woman's potential for focused devotion to God with the married woman's natural and necessary division of attention between pleasing her husband and serving the Lord. The goal is to live a life as free as possible from worldly anxieties to better focus on 'the things of the Lord.'
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 7:34
18th Century
Theologian
Between a wife and a virgin. This refers to the difference between a woman who is married and one who is unmarried. The apostle says that …
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 7:34
And there is a difference also between the wife and the virgin (κα μεμεριστα κα η γυνη κα η παρθενος). But the text here is very u…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 7:34
Paul goes on to argue that if they want marriage, they must realize that it brings extra cares, and he wants them to be free from concern. Married …
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John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 7:34
16th Century
Theologian
The unmarried woman and the virgin. What he had established concerning men, he now declares similarly concerning women — that virgins and …
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 7:34
17th Century
Pastor
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin
The word (memeristai) , translated "…
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…