1 Coríntios 7:27

27 Estás ligado a mulher? não procures separação. Estás livre de mulher? não procures casamento.

1 Coríntios 7:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:27

Art thou bound unto a wife?
&c.] Or to a woman; either by promise, or by espousal, or by consummate marriage; either of which is a tic, or obligation, a bond, and especially the latter; marriage is such a bond as cannot be dissolved, but by the death of one of the parties; see ( Romans 7:2 ) unless in case of adultery, or of wilful desertion: and it is a bond which mutually obliges; as the husband is bound by the law of marriage to live chastely and lovingly with his wife, and to take care of her, and provide for her; so the wife is bound by the same law to live in like manner with her husband, and to submit unto him, and obey him:

seek not to be loosed;
do not depart from her, nor seek to be divorced, nor even desire to be loosed by death:

art thou loosed from a wife?
being either never married, or else if having been married the wife is dead, or legally divorced for a just cause:

seek not a wife,
or woman; make no inquiry after one; be content to live without one; enter not into a marriage state, nor take any step towards it; it is best to continue loosed, for the reason above given, that is, provided the person has the gift of continence, otherwise not; see ( 1 Corinthians 7:5 ) .

1 Coríntios 7:27 In-Context

25 Ora, quanto �s virgens, não tenho mandamento do Senhor; dou, porém, o meu parecer, como quem tem alcançado misericórdia do Senhor para ser fiel.
26 Acho, pois, que é bom, por causa da instante necessidade, que a pessoa fique como está.
27 Estás ligado a mulher? não procures separação. Estás livre de mulher? não procures casamento.
28 Mas, se te casares, não pecaste; e, se a virgem se casar, não pecou. Todavia estes padecerão tribulação na carne e eu quisera poupar-vos.
29 Isto, porém, vos digo, irmãos, que o tempo se abrevia; pelo que, doravante, os que têm mulher sejam como se não a tivessem;
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