1 Corinthians 7

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Letter from Corinth

Verse 6

• "But I say this by permission": referring to about husband and wife separating for a time for fasting and prayer and afterwards coming together again, because it is not God's command that they should separate for a time. It does not refer to Paul's earlier statement in that to avoid "sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband," as this is by command , not by permission, that carnal copulation should be between one man and one woman in a married state. Nor it is related to that married persons render to the affection to each other, and have authority over each other's bodies, as it is a precept, not a permission.
• "Not as a commandment": Paul said this as an advice, "lest Satan should draw them into sin", but without fixed time, and to be said in opposition to a Jewish notion, which makes marriage a "command", as Paul puts it as a matter of choice, and not of obligation.

  Verse 11

• "depart": If the sin of separation has been committed, a new marriage is not to be added.

  Verse 17

• "Ordain": or "direct"