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Book of 1 Corinthians
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 7:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 7:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 7:1 JFB -> Commentary on 7:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:1 PNT -> Commentary on 7:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 7:1 TSK -> Commentary on 7:1 TSK -> Entry for 7:1 WEN -> Notes on 7:1 NTB -> Celibacy; Chastity; Continence; Corinth; Marriage; Stoicism; Virgin EBD -> Achaichus; Revelation of Christ PWP -> Devotional using 7:1 7:1 - [In Context] Now {I will discuss} the things you wrote to me about. It is good for a man not to marry.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 7:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 7:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 7:2 JFB -> Commentary on 7:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:2 PNT -> Commentary on 7:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 7:2 TSK -> Commentary on 7:2 TSK -> Entry for 7:2 WEN -> Notes on 7:2 NTB -> Celibacy; Chastity; Continence; Marriage; Stoicism; Wife TTT -> Husbands; Marriage EBD -> Concubine; Wife PWP -> Devotional using 7:2 7:2 - [In Context] But sexual sin is a danger. So each man should have his own wife. And each woman should have her own husband.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 7:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 7:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 7:3 JFB -> Commentary on 7:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:3 PNT -> Commentary on 7:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 7:3 TSK -> Commentary on 7:3 TSK -> Entry for 7:3 WEN -> Notes on 7:3 NTB -> Continence; Husband; Marriage; Stoicism; Wife TTT -> Husbands; Wives EBD -> Wife PWP -> Devotional using 7:3 7:3 - [In Context] The husband should give his wife all that she should have as his wife. And the wife should give her husband all that he should have as her husband.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 7:4 DSN -> Synopsis on 7:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 7:4 JFB -> Commentary on 7:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:4 PNT -> Commentary on 7:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 7:4 TSK -> Commentary on 7:4 TSK -> Entry for 7:4 WEN -> Notes on 7:4 NTB -> Continence; Marriage; Stoicism; Wife TTT -> Husbands EBD -> Wife PWP -> Devotional using 7:4 TV -> Devotional using 7:4 TV -> Devotional using 7:4 TV -> Devotional using 7:4 7:4 - [In Context] The wife does not have power over her own body. Her husband has the power over her body. And the husband does not have power over his own body. His wife has the power over his body.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 7:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 7:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 7:5 JFB -> Commentary on 7:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:5 PNT -> Commentary on 7:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 7:5 TSK -> Commentary on 7:5 TSK -> Entry for 7:5 WEN -> Notes on 7:5 NTB -> Continence; Fasting; Husband; Marriage; Satan; Stoicism; Wife EBD -> Wife SBD -> New Testament PWP -> Devotional using 7:5 TV -> Devotional using 7:5 TV -> Devotional using 7:5 TV -> Devotional using 7:5 7:5 - [In Context] Don't refuse to give your bodies to each other. But you might both agree to stay away {from sex} for a time. You might do this so that you can give your time to prayer. Then come together again. This is so that Satan (the Devil) cannot tempt you in your weakness.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 7:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 7:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 7:6 JFB -> Commentary on 7:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:6 PNT -> Commentary on 7:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 7:6 TSK -> Commentary on 7:6 TSK -> Entry for 7:6 WEN -> Notes on 7:6 NTB -> Continence; Marriage; Stoicism; Wife; Word Of God PWP -> Devotional using 7:6 7:6 - [In Context] I say this to give you permission {to be separated for a time}. It is not a command.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 7:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 7:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 7:7 JFB -> Commentary on 7:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:7 PNT -> Commentary on 7:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 7:7 TSK -> Commentary on 7:7 TSK -> Entry for 7:7 WEN -> Notes on 7:7 NTB -> Celibacy; Chastity; Continence; Example; Gifts From God; Marriage; Stoicism TTT -> Gifts of God, The PWP -> Devotional using 7:7 7:7 - [In Context] I wish all people were like me. But each person has his own gift from God. One person has one gift, another person has another gift.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 7:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 7:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 7:8 JFB -> Commentary on 7:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:8 PNT -> Commentary on 7:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 7:8 TSK -> Commentary on 7:8 TSK -> Entry for 7:8 WEN -> Notes on 7:8 NTB -> Celibacy; Chastity; Continence; Example; Marriage; Stoicism; Widow 7:8 - [In Context] Now for the people who are not married and for the widows F41 I say this: It is good for them to stay single like me.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 7:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 7:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 7:9 JFB -> Commentary on 7:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:9 PNT -> Commentary on 7:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 7:9 TSK -> Commentary on 7:9 TSK -> Entry for 7:9 WEN -> Notes on 7:9 NTB -> Celibacy; Chastity; Continence; Marriage; Stoicism; Widow 7:9 - [In Context] But if they cannot control their bodies, then they should marry. It is better to marry than to burn {with sexual desire}.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 7:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 7:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 7:10 JFB -> Commentary on 7:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:10 PNT -> Commentary on 7:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 7:10 TSK -> Commentary on 7:10 TSK -> Entry for 7:10 WEN -> Notes on 7:10 NTB -> Divorce; Marriage; Wife; Word Of God TTT -> Wives SBD -> Marriage PWP -> Devotional using 7:10 7:10 - [In Context] Now I give this command for the married people. (The command is not from me; it is from the Lord.) A wife must not leave her husband.
FOOTNOTES: F41: widows   A widow is a woman whose husband has died.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; PWP - Praying With Paul; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.