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Chapter summary (Pett): “Paul now deals with a question central to the heart of every converted Gentile. In Corinth as in other Gentile cities idolatry entered into every part of life. It affected every aspect of life. The question then was how were Christians to approach the problem? “The main example dealt with in…
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1 Corinthians 7:32-40 (WEL) I want you to be without worry. He who is unmarried worries about the Lord’s things, how he can please the Lord. 33 But he who is married does worry about the world’s things, how he can please his wife. 34 There is a difference also concerning a wife and…
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1 Corinthians 7:25-31 (WEL) Now concerning virgins, I have no command from the Lord. Yet, I give my opinion as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord [and] to be faithful. 26 Therefore, I think it is best for this present distress that it is better for you to remain as you are.…
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1 Corinthians 7:20-24 (WEL) 20 Everyone should remain in the same calling in which he was called. 21 Are you called while a slave? Don’t worry about it. But if you can be free, do so! 22 For he who is called in the Lord, while a slave, is the Lord’s freeman. In the…
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1 Corinthians 7:17-19 (WEL) But only as God allotted to everyone, as the Lord has called everyone, so let them live their lives. So, I have stipulated in all the congregations. 18 Is any man called [being] already circumcised? He shouldn’t become uncircumcised. Is any man called while uncircumcised? He shouldn’t become circumcised. 19…
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1 Corinthians 7:6-11 (WEL) But I tell you this by permission, not by commandment. 7 For I wish that all people were even as I am, but each has their proper gift from God, one in this way and another in that way. 8 Therefore, I say to the unmarried and widows, “It is…
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Summary: Constable quoting Bruce: “”The transition from chapter 6 to chapter 7 illustrates the necessity Paul was under of waging a campaign on two fronts. In chapter 6 he dealt with libertines who argued that everything was permissible, and in particular that sexual licence [sic] was a matter of ethical indifference. In chapter 7…
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1 Corinthians 6:15-20 (WEL) Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Will I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Absolutely not! 16 What, don’t you know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? “….for two,” he says, “will be one…
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1 Corinthians 6:12-14 (WEL) All things are lawful for me, but all things are not beneficial. All things may be lawful for me, but I will not be under the control of any. 13 Foods are for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will do away with both it and them.…
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1 Corinthians 6:1-5 (WEL) When any of you, having something against another, are so bold as to go to court in front of the unrighteous and not before the saints? 2 Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? If the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge…