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NASB | 1 Corinthians 7:12 ¶ But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 7:12 ¶ To the rest I declare--I, not the Lord [since Jesus did not discuss this]--that if any [believing] brother has a wife who does not believe [in Christ], and she consents to live with him, he must not leave her. |
Bible Question: i am unmarried and i don't understand what paul is saying in chapter 7 of corinthians verses 32 and 33 |
Bible Answer: Cited for reference 1 Cor 7:26 I think then that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is. 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you. 29 But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none; 30 and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess; 31 and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the form of this world is passing away. 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; 33 but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, 34 and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord. A great portion of this Chapter is recommendations from Paul and shouldn't be taken as commands, especially since so much is NOT endorsed by other scriptures. Most scholars have difficulty in determining which portion should be read as recommendation and which is "commands from the Lord." In my opinion, with verses 32 and 33, Paul is trying to help the Corinthians understand what motivates a man in these two different circumstances: married vs. unmarried. A man's priorities should change when he marries a woman, HOWEVER it is plain, his top no 1 priority should never change from being God. With God as our no 1, then our wife should come next; naturally our kids should be after our wives, then everyone else, in a general sort of perspective. I hope I'm making sense but God bless, regardless. --Rowdy |
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