1 Coríntios 7:37

37 Contudo, o homem que decidiu firmemente em seu coração que não se sente obrigado, mas tem controle sobre sua própria vontade e decidiu não se casar com a virgem—este também faz bem.

1 Coríntios 7:37 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:37

Nevertheless, he that standeth steadfast in his heart
The apostle returns to confirm his former advice, where it can be attended to with safety; and observes, that notwithstanding what he had allowed might lawfully be done, and was proper to be done; yet a man that had deliberated upon, and had well weighed the matter of virginity, the case of a single life, and was at a point about in, having no hesitation nor fluctuation of mind concerning it: and also "having no necessity"; of acting otherwise, either through the meanness of his circumstances, or rather through the weakness of his virgin, she not having the gift of continency:

but hath power over his own will;
his daughter's will being the same with his, and she entirely consenting to live a single life; otherwise he would have no power of acting as he pleased in such a case:

and hath so decreed in his heart:
it is a fixed point on mature deliberation, in which he himself is hearty and determined, and his child perfectly assents to it, so that on all hands it is an agreed matter:

that he will keep his virgin;
at home with him, unmarried, and not give her to any man in marriage:

doth well:
or that which is for both temporal and spiritual profit and advantage, as before observed. Some understand all this of a man's keeping his own virginity, and determining to continue unmarried.

1 Coríntios 7:37 In-Context

35 Estou dizendo isso para o próprio bem de vocês; não para lhes impor restrições, mas para que possam viver de maneira correta, em plena consagração ao Senhor.
36 Se alguém acha que está agindo de forma indevida diante da virgem de quem está noivo, que ela está passando da idade, achando que deve se casar, faça como achar melhor. Com isso não peca. Casem-se.
37 Contudo, o homem que decidiu firmemente em seu coração que não se sente obrigado, mas tem controle sobre sua própria vontade e decidiu não se casar com a virgem—este também faz bem.
38 Assim, aquele que se casa com a virgem faz bem, mas aquele que não se casa faz melhor.
39 A mulher está ligada a seu marido enquanto ele viver. Mas, se o seu marido morrer, ela estará livre para se casar com quem quiser, contanto que ele pertença ao Senhor.
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