“Because of the present crisis, I think it is best to remain as you are.” 1 Corinthians 7:26 What present crisis? What is Paul referring to? Some take this to mean Paul is talking about the troubles of marriage: bearing and bringing up children, providing …
Bible Gem 378 – The Present Crisis – What is it? (1 Cor 7:26)
Bible Gem 377 – The Final Section on Marriage Advice (1 Cor 7:25-40)
This whole section hangs together and constitutes a sense unit but we will look at it in three parts. Those parts are as follows: Now regarding your question about the young women who are not yet married. I do not have a command from the …
Bible Gem 376 – The meaning and significance of επισπασθω [epispastho] (1 Cor 7:18)
επισπασθω [epispastho] from the root verb ἐπισπάομαι [epispaomai] in 1 Cor 7:18 can be translated a number of different ways: Let him not seek to remove the evidence of circumcision. Let him not become uncircumcised. Let him make no change. Don’t try to change it. …
Bible Gem 375 – Yes it is Paul Writing but What is his Point? (1 Cor 7:17-24)
Each of you should continue to live in whatever situation the Lord has placed you, and remain as you were when God first called you. This is my rule for all the churches. For instance, a man who was circumcised before he became a believer …
Bible Gem 374 – Has Paul Lost the Plot? (1 Cor 7:17-24)
Each of you should continue to live in whatever situation the Lord has placed you, and remain as you were when God first called you. This is my rule for all the churches. For instance, a man who was circumcised before he became a believer …
Bible Gem 373 – Mixed Marriages: Believers with non-Believers (1 Cor 7:12-16)
Now, I will speak to the rest of you, though I do not have a direct command from the Lord. If a Christian man has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to continue living with him, he must not leave …
Bible Gem 372 – When to Cleave and When to Leave (1 Cor 7:10-16)
But for those who are married, I have a command that comes not from me, but from the Lord. A wife must not leave her husband. But if she does leave him, let her remain single or else be reconciled to him. And the husband …
Bible Gem 371 – This I say not the Lord // This the Lord says, not I (1 Cor 7:6,10,12)
But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord. But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord . . . But to the rest I say, and not the Lord . . . 1 …
Bible Gem 370 – Is Paul against marriage? (1 Cor 7:7-11)
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. So I say to those who aren’t married and to widows—it’s better to stay unmarried, just as I am. …
Bible Gem 369 – Is Paul against Women? (1 Cor 7:7-11)
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. So I say to those who aren’t married and to widows—it’s better to stay unmarried, just as I am. …