1 Coríntios 7
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1 Coríntios 7
William MacDonald - For each man to have his own wife means monogamous marriage. Verse 2 establishes the principle that God’s order for His own people continues to be what it always was, namely, that a person should have only one spouse. Arnold has additional comments on Each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. - This is God’s way to prevent premarital and extra-marital sexual relationships. Notice carefully each person is to have his own wife or husband not someone else’s wife or husband. This teaches indirectly several concepts: 1) No Polygamy. This is a command; therefore Paul is forbidding the plurality of husbands and wives. In the Roman world, a wife was chattel, a work horse. Generally a man had several wives—one had charge of the kitchen, another of the living area and perhaps another was in charge of the clothing. Apart from having children with his wives, the man generally went to a prostitute for pleasurable sex. Paul commands a man and a woman to have one wife or husband who is loved. Christ lifted the state of womanhood to that of a partner in love with a man. 2) Monogamy. Paul teaches one man for one woman because that is God’s ideal as set forth in the life of Adam and Eve. Monogamy produces the highest love between two married people because God has ordained it. Sexual satisfaction is not found with many partners but with one. Many affairs before marriage, wife swapping or adulterous relationships never satisfy. Why? Only monogamy produces the highest form of sexual love, and only Christians can reach the apex of sexual fulfillment. Sex is a physical and animal act. This is the lowest form of sex. Many people are just one step above an animal in their sex lives. Sex is also an emotional act, involving the whole man, and this is why some non-Christians can reach high levels of sexual love in a monogamous relationship. Sex is also a spiritual act therefore only Christians who are filled with the Spirit can reach the highest forms of sexual satisfaction. This happens because Christians see sex from God’s perspective, and this frees men and women to enjoy the act without guilt or fear. (Sexual Responsibilities Within Marriage) NET NOTE on have - Greek “each man should have his own wife.” “Have” in this context means “have marital relations with” (see the following verse). The verb echetō, “have” occurs twice in the Greek text, but has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons. This verb occurs 8 times in the LXX (Exod 2:1; Deut 28:30; 2 Chr 11:21; 1 Esd 9:12, 18; Tob 3:8; Isa 13:16; 54:1) with the meaning “have sexual relations with,” and 9 times elsewhere in the NT with the same meaning (Matt 20:23; 22:28; Mark 6:18; 12:33; Luke 20:28; John 4:18 [twice]; 1 Cor 5:1; 7:29).
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William MacDonald - Note the delicacy Paul uses on this topic. There is no coarseness or vulgarity. How different from the world! The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife - Amplified - "The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights (goodwill, kindness, and what is due her as his wife)" The word must literally referred to a debt of goods or money (Mt 18:32) and here figuratively refers to the husband's obligation to have sexual relations with his wife. See note below on statements from an Jewish writings. Paul gives the husband (and by implication the wife) a command fulfill in present imperative, one which he was continually obligated to fulfill! As David Strain points out Paul's teaching "flies directly in the face of Jewish tradition and Greco-Roman culture in those days that privileged the husband’s rights above the wife’s every single time. But Paul starts here, doesn’t he, by affirming the woman’s rights and he commands (fulfill) husbands to respect those rights. " Moody Bible Commentary - Fulfill his duty to his wife (v. 3) is remarkable because in that culture sexual satisfaction was considered the man’s prerogative, not the woman’s. But Paul insisted that each partner be available to the other, and neither was entitled consistently to deprive the other of conjugal rights (v. 4).
1 Coríntios 7
William MacDonald - Verse 6 has given rise to a great deal of speculation and controversy. Paul says: “But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.” Some have taken this to mean that the apostle did not consider the foregoing words to be inspired by God. Such an interpretation is untenable, since he claims in 1 Corinthians 14:37 that the things which he was writing to the Corinthians were the commandments of the Lord. We feel rather that the apostle was saying that under certain circumstances, it was all right for a married couple to abstain from the marriage act, but that this abstinence is a permission, not a commandment. Christian people do not have to refrain from this act in order to give themselves undividedly to prayer. Others feel that verse 6 refers to the whole idea of marriage, that is, that Christians are permitted to marry but are not commanded to do so. Arnold - Paul is not commanding people to get married. Marriage is not a “must.” It is by permission and not commandment Paul has laid down the duties of all who are married, but he does not lay it down as a duty that all should be married. (Sexual Responsibilities Within Marriage) Keener - Paul permits but does not require periods of abstinence, implying that it is those who wish to abstain (rather than those who do not) who are weak. Abstinence within marriage is their idea, not his. (Ibid) 1 Corinthians 7:7 Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that. Amplified I wish that all men were like I myself am [in this matter of self-control]. But each has his own special gift from God, one of this kind and one of another. Wuest But I wish that all men were even as also I myself. But each one has his own spiritual gift from God, one, on the one hand, in one way, and the other, on the other hand, in another way. (Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission) NET 1 Corinthians 7:7 I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that. NLT 1 Corinthians 7:7 But I wish everyone were single, just as I am. But God gives to some the gift of marriage, and to others the gift of singleness. ESV 1 Corinthians 7:7 I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. NIV 1 Corinthians 7:7 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. GNT 1 Corinthians 7:7 θέλω δὲ πάντας ἀνθρώπους εἶναι ὡς καὶ ἐμαυτόν· ἀλλὰ ἕκαστος ἴδιον ἔχει χάρισμα ἐκ θεοῦ, ὁ μὲν οὕτως, ὁ δὲ οὕτως. KJV 1 Corinthians 7:7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. YLT 1 Corinthians 7:7 for I wish all men to be even as I myself am; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus. ASV 1 Corinthians 7:7 Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that. CSB 1 Corinthians 7:7 I wish that all people were just like me. But each has his own gift from God, one person in this way and another in that way. NKJ 1 Corinthians 7:7 For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that. NRS 1 Corinthians 7:7 I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has a particular gift from God, one having one kind and another a different kind. NAB 1 Corinthians 7:7 Indeed, I wish everyone to be as I am, but each has a particular gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. NJB 1 Corinthians 7:7 I should still like everyone to be as I am myself; but everyone has his own gift from God, one this kind and the next something different. GWN 1 Corinthians 7:7 I would like everyone to be like me. However, each person has a special gift from God, and these gifts vary from person to person. BBE 1 Corinthians 7:7 It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that. I wish: . 1Co 9:5,15 Ac 26:29 However: 1Co 12:11 Mt 19:11,12 1 Corinthians 7 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries THE CALL TO SINGLENESS Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am - How was Paul? Single, free and satisfied despite the fact that he had no wife or family, which he knew would have impeded his independence in ministry for the Lord. So he is not giving a command but his desire. He is certainly not advocating getting a divorce if you are married. As he will say later regarding circumcision and slavery, the principle is remain in the condition you are in - married (he gives some exceptions for unbelieving spouses), single, divorced, or virgin. Spirituality is not determined by marital status. -- John MacArthur However, each man (hekastos) has his own gift (charisma) from God, one in this manner, and another in that - Amplified - "But each has his own special gift from God, one of this kind and one of another." Presumably Paul is referring to his "gift" of singleness or celibacy, the ability to live without conjugal relations (and not be tempted in this area). As happens with spiritual gifts in general, at times believers attempt to use a spiritual gift they do not possess (e.g., the most common one I have seen is teaching), and it only produces frustration. The same principle applies to the "gift" of singleness or celibacy (contrary to what some religions advocate and we can see the tragic fallout from such an unbiblical practice). As Gotquestions says "Men whom God has not gifted or called to be celibate are being required to be celibate, and the result is tremendous failures in the areas of adultery, fornication, and the sexual abuse of children." Jack Arnold - Here we are told there is a special gift from God of celibacy (the ability to stay single). The person must determine for himself whether he or she has this gift. A person who has the gift of celibacy might have a fierce independent spirit and would not fare well in a marriage where dependency is essential. This person might not feel the need for someone else to complete or fulfill him or her. And most certainly the person with the gift of celibacy has the ability to control his or her sex drives and must be committed to a life of sexual purity. (Sexual Responsibilities Within Marriage)
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William MacDonald - Truths to Live By “Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.” (1 Cor. 7:20) When a person becomes a Christian, he might think that he has to make a clean break with everything associated with his former life. To correct this thinking, the Apostle Paul lays down the general rule that a person should remain in the same calling in which he was at the time of his conversion. Let us consider this rule and suggest what it means and what it does not mean. In its immediate context, the verse applies to a special marriage relationship. It is the case where one partner gets saved but the other does not. What should the believer do? Should he divorce his wife? No, says Paul, he should remain in that marriage relationship with the hope that his partner will be converted through his testimony. In general, Paul’s rule means that conversion does not require the violent disruption or forcible overthrow of pre-salvation relationships and associations that are not expressly forbidden by Scripture. For instance, a Jew need not resort to surgery in order to obliterate the physical mark of his Jewishness. Neither should a believing Gentile submit to some physical change like circumcision in order to distinguish him from the heathen. Physical features or marks are not what really matter. What God wants to see is obedience to His commandments. A man who is a slave at the time of his new birth should not rebel against his servitude and thus bring trouble and punishment upon himself. He can be a good slave and a good Christian at the same time. Social position and class distinctions do not matter with God. However, if a slave can obtain his freedom by legitimate means, he should do so. So much for what Paul’s rule means. It should be obvious that there are important exceptions to the rule. For instance, it does not mean that a man in an ungodly occupation should continue in it. If a man is a bartender or operates a house of prostitution or a gambling casino, he will know by spiritual instinct that he has to make a change. Another exception to the general rule has to do with religious associations. A new convert must not continue in any system where the great fundamentals of the Christian faith are denied. He must separate himself from any church where the Savior is dishonored. This would also apply to membership in social clubs where the Name of Christ is banned or even unwelcome. Loyalty to the Son of God requires that a believer resign from all such. To summarize, then, the rule is that a new believer should remain in the calling in which he was called unless that calling is sinful and dishonoring to the Lord. He does not have to break with past associations unless they are clearly forbidden by the Word of God. Peter Kennedy - John Wesley was the most prominent evangelist of the eighteenth century. He made his mark both in Great Britain and the United States and was the driving force in the establishment of the Methodist church. Wesley was forty-eight when he married Mary Vazeille. He had never been married before and Mary was the widow of a prominent London merchant. She had known John and his brother Charles for about two years. Charles was "thunderstruck" when he heard of his brother's intentions to marry her. Mary was known as a vulgar woman prone to hysteria. Soon the problems others saw became apparent in the marriage. John traveled a great deal and Mary neither enjoyed traveling nor staying alone. John was set in his ways and showed little interest in domestic concerns. Mary did not possess a drive to serve the Lord. When John wrote consoling letters to widows Mary's jealousy flared. She wrote scandalous letters to newspapers lying about John's character. She had episodes of violence and finally left John after twenty years of marriage. Mary died alone and John wasn't informed of her death until three days after the funeral. Everyone desires a happy marriage. But the Lord first calls us to do his will. Do you want to be married or wish to be single? Today in prayer thank the Lord for your marital status. This is God's will for you today so that you can live this day for His glory. "Don't marry someone you can live with, marry someone you cannot live without."—Josh McDowell Charles