Comments on: So What Does 1 Corinthians 7 1-5 Say? http://safle.org/wordpress/2007/03/03/so-what-does-1-corinthians-7-1-5-say.html Pretentious Waffle from Wales Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:18:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mary http://safle.org/wordpress/2007/03/03/so-what-does-1-corinthians-7-1-5-say.html/comment-page-1#comment-12937 Mary Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:01:10 +0000 http://safle.org/wordpress/2007/03/03/so-what-does-1-corinthians-7-1-5-say.html#comment-12937 Go NASB! :) I agree, good job on this scripture. Go NASB! :) I agree, good job on this scripture.

]]> By: Deborah http://safle.org/wordpress/2007/03/03/so-what-does-1-corinthians-7-1-5-say.html/comment-page-1#comment-12833 Deborah Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:47:44 +0000 http://safle.org/wordpress/2007/03/03/so-what-does-1-corinthians-7-1-5-say.html#comment-12833 Good post on this passage of scripture and I totally agree with what you wrote. You broke it down very well. I also use the NASB whenever possible because of the literal translation. I have my children memorize scripture in the King James Bible because of the flow and almost poetic feel it has, but I always go to my NASB to read or really understand a portion of scripture. Good post on this passage of scripture and I totally agree with what you wrote. You broke it down very well. I also use the NASB whenever possible because of the literal translation. I have my children memorize scripture in the King James Bible because of the flow and almost poetic feel it has, but I always go to my NASB to read or really understand a portion of scripture.

]]> By: Stephen http://safle.org/wordpress/2007/03/03/so-what-does-1-corinthians-7-1-5-say.html/comment-page-1#comment-12752 Stephen Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:41:08 +0000 http://safle.org/wordpress/2007/03/03/so-what-does-1-corinthians-7-1-5-say.html#comment-12752 Yes, I agree about Paul's affirmation of celibacy. In this passage he affirms both marriage and singleness. Thanks for your comments. Yes, I agree about Paul’s affirmation of celibacy. In this passage he affirms both marriage and singleness.

Thanks for your comments.

]]> By: Keith Schooley http://safle.org/wordpress/2007/03/03/so-what-does-1-corinthians-7-1-5-say.html/comment-page-1#comment-12735 Keith Schooley Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:31:11 +0000 http://safle.org/wordpress/2007/03/03/so-what-does-1-corinthians-7-1-5-say.html#comment-12735 I would see the passage pretty much the same way. It appears that the Corinthians have asked Paul either a rather broad question or a cluster of questions involving sexual relations and marriage. Some of them have evidently come to the conclusion that sexual relations are evil <i>even within marriage</i>. In this introductory paragraph, Paul is dealing with the circumstances of people who are already married. As Paul develops his discussion of marital relations throughout the rest of 1 Cor 7, it becomes clear that he views the option of celibacy (which he has chosen himself) as positive purely in a <i>practical</i> sense: it gives him the freedom to serve God in a way that he couldn't if he had the responsibility of a wife and family to concern himself with. He gives to credence to the idea that celibacy is <i>spiritually</i> superior to marriage. I would see the passage pretty much the same way. It appears that the Corinthians have asked Paul either a rather broad question or a cluster of questions involving sexual relations and marriage. Some of them have evidently come to the conclusion that sexual relations are evil even within marriage. In this introductory paragraph, Paul is dealing with the circumstances of people who are already married.

As Paul develops his discussion of marital relations throughout the rest of 1 Cor 7, it becomes clear that he views the option of celibacy (which he has chosen himself) as positive purely in a practical sense: it gives him the freedom to serve God in a way that he couldn’t if he had the responsibility of a wife and family to concern himself with. He gives to credence to the idea that celibacy is spiritually superior to marriage.

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