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For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
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A Divine Jealousy
Paul's "jealousy" is not the sinful human kind. Commentators explain it as a "zeal of God"—a passionate, protective love for the Corinthians' spiritual well-being. This reflects God's own jealousy for His people, a righteous concern that their devotion remains purely and exclusively for Christ, their promised husband.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For I am jealous over you. This verse expresses the reason why he was inclined to speak of his attainments and of what he had done. It was…
With a godly jealousy (θεου ζηλω). Instrumental case of ζηλος. With a jealousy of God.
I espoused (ηρμοσαμ…
19th Century
Anglican
For I am jealous over you . . .—The word is used with the same sense as in the nearly contempor…
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With a “jealousy” (GK 2419) that sprang from God and was like God’s own jealousy for his people (e.g., Hosea 2:19–20; 4:12; 6:4; 11:8), …
16th Century
Protestant
For I am jealous. Note why it is that he acts the fool, for jealousy hurries a man headlong, as it were. “Do not demand that I sh…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy He lets them know it was not so much on his own account, or at all wit…
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The apostle desired to preserve the Corinthians from being corrupted by the false apostles. There is only one Jesus, one Spirit, and one gospel, to…
13th Century
Catholic
After defending himself against the false charges made by the false apostles, the Apostle, in order to refute them and make his own testimony more …
