The Expositor's Bible: The First Epistle to the CorinthiansDods, Marcus
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The Expositor's Bible: The First Epistle to the Corinthians
Dods, Marcus
Bible. Corinthians, 1st -- Commentaries
"Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good
for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid
fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman
have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due
benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The
wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband, and
likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the
wife. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for
a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and
come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your
incontinency. But I speak this by permission, and not of
commandment. 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. I say therefore to the unmarried and widows,
It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot
contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not
the wife depart from her husband: but and if she depart, let her
remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not
the husband put away his wife. But to the rest speak I, not the
Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be
pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the
woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be
pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. For the
unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the
unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your
children unclean; but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving
depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under
bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. For what
knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how
knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? But as God
hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one,
so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. Is any man
called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is
any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the
keeping of the commandments of God. Let every man abide in the
same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a
servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it
rather. For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is
the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free,
is Christ's servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the
servants of men. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called,
therein abide with God. Now concerning virgins I have no
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