1 Coríntios 7
J.C. Ryle · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 Coríntios 7
Ryle - The possession of the whole world, and all that it contains — will never make a person happy. Its pleasures are false and deceptive! Its riches, rank, and honors, have no power to satisfy the heart! So long as we have not got them — they glitter, sparkle, and seem desirable. The moment we have them — we find that they are empty bubbles, and cannot make us feel content. And, worst of all, when we possess this world's good things to the utmost bound of our desire — we cannot keep them! Death comes in and separates us from all our property forever! Naked we came upon earth, and naked we go forth — and of all our possessions, we can carry nothing with us. Such is the world, which occupies the whole attention of thousands! Such is the world, for the sake of which millions are every year destroying their souls! R E Neighbour - “The fashion (the stage scenery) of this world passeth away.” (I Cor. 7:31.) The world is filled with frailties, With failures and uncertainties, With changing, effervescent things, With transient, fragile, shatterings, ’Mid these I see a Rock: A Rock both stable and secure, A Rock that shall for aye endure, The Rock of Ages cleft for me, Unshaken through eternity. I would not be a theorist, A flaunting, flaring rhapsodist, Moved by each changing wind that blows, Swept by each wave that overflows: My heart demands a Rock: A sure Foundation, heaven-laid, Where I can build all undismayed, Where all my hopes shall safe remain Though swept by flood, and wind, and rain. EVERYTHING about us is dying. “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth.” Things of earth have within themselves the germs of death. The poet wrote, “Change and decay in all around I see.” We get, only to lose. We build, only to tear down. Everything we touch is transient, effervescent, uncertain, frail, and changing. Amid all of these uncertainties, and the crumbling things of this life, how wonderful it is to find a Rock, more stable than Gibraltar, a Rock that shall never fail, and never fall; a sure foundation upon which we may build. The Word of God is a Rock that shall never fail. It tells us that treasures laid up in heaven are laid where moth and rust do not corrupt, nor thieves break through to steal. The things of time are the things which collapse. I longed for something certain, and made sure Where I could say, “I know,” and feel secure; A hope that would forevermore endure, A solid rock: I found that Rock was Jesus Christ, the Lord, The only Rock that safety can accord, Impregnable it stands ‘gainst Satan’s horde And tempest shock. F. W.
1 Coríntios 7
Ryle - I WILL COME AGAIN The time is short. I CORINTHIANS 7:29 THE WORDS OF THE ANGELS shall have a complete fulfillment: "This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven" (Acts 1:11). As His going away was a literal going away, so his return shall be a literal return. As He came personally the first time with a body, so He shall come personally the second time with a body. As He came visibly to this earth and visibly went away, so when he comes the second time He shall visibly return. And then, and not till then, the complete kingdom of Christ shall begin. He left His servants as "a nobleman"; He returns to His servants as "a king." Then He intends to cast out that old usurper the devil, to bind him for a thousand years, and to strip him of his power. Then He intends to make a restitution of the face of creation. It shall be the world's jubilee day. Our earth shall at last bring forth her increase. The King shall at length have His own again. At last the ninety-seventh psalm shall be fulfilled, and men shall say, "The Lord reigneth: let the earth rejoice!" Then He intends to fulfill the prophecies of Enoch, John the Baptist, and St. Paul, "To execute judgement upon all the ungodly" inhabitants of Christendom - "to bum up the chaff with unquenchable fire" - and "in flaming fire to take vengeance on them that know not God, and obey not the gospel." Then He intends to raise His dead saints and gather His living ones, to gather together the scattered tribes of Israel, and to set up an empire on earth in which every knee shall bow to Him and every tongue confess that Christ is Lord. When, how, where, in what manner, all these things shall be, we cannot say particularly. Enough for us to know that they shall be. P G Matthew - The world in its present form is passing away and will soon be gone forever. Thanks be to God, though we are in this world, we are not of this world; we are of the world to come. We are of God, and we belong to the kingdom of God. Every person who is regenerated by the Holy Spirit is enabled to see and enter into the kingdom of God, which is described as righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul writes that those who buy something should do so “as if it were not theirs to keep” (v. 30). Some have misinterpreted this to mean that owning private property is forbidden. But this is wrong thinking. Neither is Paul advocating divorce, celibacy, stoicism, or asceticism. Marrying, buying, selling, building, eating, drinking—these are all necessary and proper aspects of human life. So we have to ask the question: What is the apostle teaching? Paul is telling us that we should not seek all these things as of first priority, as though this world is the final and most important reality. It is engrossment in these things that is prohibited in this chapter. God opposes such hungering, thirsting, and pursuing. Jesus said that “the pagans run after all these things” (Matt. 6:32). This is what unbelievers seek with all their heart. This is what they worship. They believe, “If I could only possess more things, then I could arrive at happiness.” It is this idolatrous mindset that God is so adamantly opposing. We must study diligently and work hard so that we can make money. But that money is not finally ours; it is entrusted to us to use for God’s purposes. All of us should examine our lives and ask whether we love God more than anything else in the world. We must love him more than our jobs, our money, our families, and even our own lives. We ought to develop a deep relationship with God now so that when we are called to heaven we will go eagerly and with great joy. We should be able to say, “I know someone already in heaven. He is the Lord Jesus Christ. I know him, because I have been walking closely with him in this world.” J C Philpot devotional on 1 Cor 7:31- Nothing is real but that which has an abiding substance. Health decays, strength diminishes, beauty flees the cheek, sight and hearing grow dim, the mind itself gets feeble, riches make to themselves wings and flee away, children die, friends depart, old age creeps on, and life itself comes to a close. These fugitive, transitory things are then mere shadows; there is no substance, enduring substance in them. Like our daily food and clothing, house and home, they support and solace us in our journey through life. But there they stop; when life ends, they end with it. But real religion--and by this I understand the work of God upon the soul--abides in death and after death, goes with us through the dark valley, and lands us safe in a blessed eternity. It is, therefore, the only thing in this world of which we can say that it is real. Is not this John's testimony? "All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passes away, and the lust thereof; but he that does the will of God abides forever" (1 John 2:16, 17). And who is that man, that blessed man, who lives when all dies, who abides forever when all others pass away into the outer darkness? It is he who does the will of God. But how and when do we the will of God? "And this is the will of him that sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life--and I will raise him up at the last day" (John 6:40). If, then, you have seen the Son, and believed in him, you have now everlasting life, and Jesus will raise you up at the last day. 1 Corinthians 7:32 But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; Amplified My desire is to have you free from all anxiety and distressing care. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord; Wuest But I desire you to be without anxious cares. He who is unmarried seeks to promote the interests of the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. (Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission) NET 1 Corinthians 7:32 And I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. NLT 1 Corinthians 7:32 I want you to be free from the concerns of this life. An unmarried man can spend his time doing the Lord's work and thinking how to please him. ESV 1 Corinthians 7:32 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. NIV 1 Corinthians 7:32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs--how he can please the Lord. GNT 1 Corinthians 7:32 θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀμερίμνους εἶναι. ὁ ἄγαμος μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κυρίου, πῶς ἀρέσῃ τῷ κυρίῳ· KJV 1 Corinthians 7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: YLT 1 Corinthians 7:32 And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord; ASV 1 Corinthians 7:32 But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: CSB 1 Corinthians 7:32 I want you to be without concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord-- how he may please the Lord. NKJ 1 Corinthians 7:32 But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord-- how he may please the Lord. NRS 1 Corinthians 7:32 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord; NAB 1 Corinthians 7:32 I should like you to be free of anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. NJB 1 Corinthians 7:32 I should like you to have your minds free from all worry. The unmarried man gives his mind to the Lord's affairs and to how he can please the Lord; GWN 1 Corinthians 7:32 So I don't want you to have any concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, that is, about how he can please the Lord. BBE 1 Corinthians 7:32 But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord: But I want you: Ps 55:22 Mt 6:25-34 13:22 Php 4:6 One who is unmarried: 1Ti 5:5 about the things of the Lord, 1Co 7:34 1 Corinthians 7 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF SINGLENESS But I want (thelo in present tense) you to be free from concern - Amplified - "My desire is to have you free from all anxiety and distressing care." Free from concern is the rare word (here and Mt 28:14) amerimnos (a = negative + merimna = anxious care) means free from care or anxiety. Paul is speaking of concern one has for their spouse. So the advantage of singleness in times of distress is that it can lessen one's worry or concern, because the person does not have a spouse or children for which to be concerned. I HAVE no cares, O blessed Will! For all my cares are Thine, I live in triumph, Lord, for Thou Hast made Thy triumphs mine. FREDERICK W. FABER. Warren