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But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
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Practical Advice, Not a Command
Commentators unanimously clarify that Paul's statement 'it is good' is practical advice, not a moral command. He suggests that remaining single can be advantageous, especially during times of 'present distress' (1 Corinthians 7:26). This is not a declaration that singleness is spiritually superior to marriage, which is a God-ordained institution.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To the unmarried. The word unmarried (agamoiv) may refer either to those who had never been married, or to widowers. It …
To the unmarried and to the widows (τοις αγαμοις κα ταις χηραις). It is possible that by "the unmarried" (masculine plural) the ap…
19th Century
Anglican
I say therefore.—Better, Now what I say is, ... Widows are here joined with those who have not been married. Otherwise, d…
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Paul now gives advice to those who are single, whom he classifies as the unmarried and the widows. It is good or advisable for them to remain in th…
16th Century
Protestant
I say, then, to the unmarried. This depends on what was said before and is a sort of inference from it. He had said that the gifts of God …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows Not by way of command, but advice: by the "unmarried" he means, either s…
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The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, at that particular time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, a…
13th Century
Catholic
After rebuking the fornicator and those who upheld him, the Apostle now begins to discuss marriage. In this regard, he does three things:
