I say this as a concession, not a command. What does that mean? I suggested that you look at the various versions yesterday. (ASV) But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment. (BBE) But this I say as my opinion, and not …
Bible Gem 368 – Playing With Words (1 Cor 7:6)
Bible Gem 367 – Prayer or Sex? (1 Cor 7:3-6)
A husband should fulfil his obligation to his wife, and a wife should do the same for her husband. A wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn’t have authority over his own …
Bible Gem 366 – Fondling / Touching (1 Cor 7:1-2)
The spread of usage on verse one of chapter seven is set between the ends of the continuum – from “touching/fondling” to “marry”. Touch is used 15 times and marry is used 5 times out of 25 translations. The question we have to ask ourselves …
Bible Gem 365 – It’s good for a man not to . . . (1 Cor 7:1)
Did any of you think to look at the various versions to see if they shed any light on things? 1 Corinthians 7:1 (BBE) Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do …
Bible Gem 364 – To have or not to have, that is the question (1 Cor 7:1-2)
A man does well not to marry . . . every man should have his own wife (GNB) It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman . . . let every man have his wife (BBE) Isn’t this confusing …
Bible Gem 363 – The Big Picture – Now Concerning the Things about which you wrote . . . (1 Cor 7:1)
Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. . . (1 Cor 7:1) Yesterday I told you we can determine the boundary lines between the topics the Corinthians asked about. Did you take time to look? I suspect most of you didn’t. Most of …
Bible Gem 362 – Now Concerning the Questions you asked (1 Cor 7:1)
Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. . . 1 Corinthians 7:1 It couldn’t be clearer that Paul has changed topic. He has been dealing with what the informants have told him. Now he moves on to deal with the matters the Corinthians …
Bible Gem 361 – Matters Arising from Informants (1 Corinthians 1 – 6)
All the issues that Paul has dealt with thus far in 1 Corinthians have been matters arising from what people have told him. Remember Paul is not very far away in Ephesus and so he is kept in touch with what is going on in …
Bible Gem 360 – The use of “naos” not “heiron” (1 Cor 3:16 & 6:19)
Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Don’t you …
Bible Gem 359 – Why the Plural “You” in 1 Cor 6:19
Firstly, Paul’s use of the your-body-is-the-temple-of-God/Holy-Spirit argument” is interesting. In each case he is countering something that is heinous to him. He is trying to remind the Corinthians of the sense that God indwells them. If God indwells us then how can they allow those …