{"id":22482,"date":"2024-01-20T14:26:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T20:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=22482"},"modified":"2024-06-27T09:39:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T14:39:42","slug":"christianity-part-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=22482","title":{"rendered":"Christianity, Part 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are 3 occurrences<\/a> of \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> in 1 Corinthians [see Table<\/a> below], the Greek word translated all people <\/i>in: And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people <\/i>(\u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2, a form of \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c2<\/a>) to myself.<\/i>1<\/sup><\/a> This is a continuation of my consideration of the first occurrence (1 Corinthians 7:7 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

I wish<\/a> that all (\u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> were as I myself am. But<\/a> each has his own gift from God, one<\/a> of one kind and one<\/a> of another [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Aside from the obvious limitation of \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> here to \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a> (\u201cpeople\u201d), all <\/i>is further limited to one who has <\/i>[this as] his own gift from God <\/i>(\u1f34\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> \u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>
\n\u03c7\u1f71\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1<\/a> \u1f10\u03ba<\/a> \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>), and by \u201cthis\u201d I mean: \u1f61\u03c2<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> \u1f10\u03bc\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd<\/a> (as I myself am<\/i>). Paul, presumably, does not touch<\/a> (\u03bc\u1f74<\/a> \u1f05\u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>) a woman<\/a>: \u201cIt is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.\u201d<\/i>2<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

Another limitation to all<\/em> becoming like Paul, not to have sexual relations with a woman<\/i>, follows (1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality (\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a>, a form of \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u03b1<\/a>)<\/em>, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I put the Greek of the first clause\u00a0into Google translate:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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1 Corinthians 7:2a (NET Parallel Greek)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Google Translate<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03b4\u03b9\u1f70 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nbecause of prostitution<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Most<\/a> Bible translators think \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> meant something more to Paul (and Jesus) than we might understand by the word prostitution<\/i>. I don’t disagree. I’ve labored3<\/sup><\/a> over this to the point of distraction. Sexual immorality <\/i>seems ultimately meaningless to me: it is so ill-defined it can mean anything anyone wants it to mean. The temptation to sexual immorality<\/i>, while interesting, still relies on sexual immorality<\/i>. For my purposes in this essay I’ll translate \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2, \u201cthe worship of sex,\u201d because that’s what I did at seventeen.<\/span><\/p>\n

I knew next to nothing of the fruit of the Spirit<\/a>. I assume I thought God’s own love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness<\/a>, self-control<\/i>4<\/sup><\/a> were just more works I had to do because I had inadvertently<\/a> become a Christian <\/i>when I said a sinner’s prayer<\/a> to Jesus to avoid burning in hell. After I had sex for the first time, I assumed<\/a> that love<\/i>, joy<\/i>, peace<\/i>, kindness <\/i> and gentleness <\/i>at least were a natural result of sex. Therefore, the more people<\/a> I had sex with, the more love, joy, peace, kindness and gentleness I would have for, and create with, others with whom I had sex: \u201cAnd in the end \/ The love you take \/ Is equal to the love \/ You make.\u201d5<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

So, now I have:<\/span><\/p>\n

But because of \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> [the worship of sex]<\/em>, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Paul described sex as something owed, one spouse to another (1 Corinthians 7:3, 4 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights,6<\/em><\/sup><\/a> and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but7<\/em><\/sup><\/a> the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but8<\/em><\/sup><\/a> the wife does.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Greek words translated her conjugal rights <\/i>were \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u1f74\u03bd<\/a>, a form of \u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03ae<\/a>: \u201cdebt, due, indebtedness, duty, obligation.\u201d The verb \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u1f79\u03c4\u03c9<\/a> was translated should give<\/i>. It is an active imperative form of \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03af\u03b4\u03c9\u03bc\u03b9<\/a> in the present tense: \u201cto give away, give up, give out, give what is due.\u201d The Greek words translated does not have authority over <\/i>were \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba<\/a> \u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u1f71\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>, a form of \u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03ac\u03b6\u03c9<\/a>: \u201cto exercise authority upon, bring under the power of, control; to have authority and permission; to grant permission; to have the right for (something), authority for (something).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If a woman does not want her husband to have authority over her own body<\/i>, if a man does not want his wife to have authority over his own body<\/i>, they are probably not in love. They are definitely unprepared for marriage (if there is such a thing as being prepared for marriage). \u201cTake me, I’m yours,\u201d is an essential ingredient. Paul continued (1 Corinthians 7:5a ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

Do not deprive one another, except9<\/em><\/sup><\/a> perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer;10<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do not deprive one another <\/i>was \u03bc\u1f74<\/a> \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b5<\/a> \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f75\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a> in Greek. As an imperative form of \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9<\/a>, \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b5 means: \u201cto steal, rob; to despoil, defraud, bereave, make destitute, keep back by fraud; to deprive; to withhold unjustly.\u201d And by agreement for a limited time <\/i>was \u1f10\u03ba<\/a> \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03c6\u1f7d\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u1f79\u03bd<\/a>. The adjective \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03c6\u1f7d\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> is a genitive<\/a> form of \u03c3\u03cd\u03bc\u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>: \u201charmonious, agreeing; corresponding with; consonant, concordant; agreement; consent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, the consent to steal, rob, despoil, defraud, bereave, make destitute, keep back by fraud, deprive or withhold sex unjustly from one’s spouse was to be agreed upon harmoniously for a time. The \u201cyour wish is my command\u201d consent for sex was already given at the altar, so to speak, which is not to say that there is no place for mercy and forgiveness in marriage if one party refuses sex unilaterally. It is to say that to do so is to refuse to give what is owed to one’s beloved.<\/span><\/p>\n

I ate lunch one afternoon last month at the Kansas City Barbeque<\/a> down the street from the San Diego Convention Center. Their food is good but their main claim to fame is being the location where the \u201csleazy bar scenes\u201d from the original Top Gun<\/a> were filmed. In one of the more memorable moments<\/a> from one of those sleazy bar scenes, Goose’s wife Carol (Meg Ryan<\/a>) yells across the bar: \u201cHey, Goose, you big stud!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Goose (Anthony Edwards<\/a>) replies: \u201cThat’s me, honey!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTake me to bed or lose me forever!\u201d Carol commands and threatens her husband. Though the threat may not be quite so explicit in Paul’s writing, it’s there all the same (1 Corinthians 7:5b ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

…but then come11<\/em><\/sup><\/a> together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first clause, but then come together again<\/i>, was \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> \u03c0\u1f71\u03bb\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76<\/a> \u03c4\u1f78<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78<\/a> \u1f26\u03c4\u03b5<\/a>: literally, \u201cand back upon it be\u201d or \u201cand again upon it be\u201d or \u201cagain and again upon it be.\u201d Translating \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u1f00\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd<\/a> lack of self-control <\/i>obscures Paul’s point a bit. He addressed self-control later (1 Corinthians 7:8, 9 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is12<\/em><\/sup><\/a> good for them to remain single, as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control (\u1f10\u03b3\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>, a form of \u1f10\u03b3\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em>, they should marry. For it is better13<\/em><\/sup><\/a> to marry than to burn with passion.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though forms of \u1f00\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03b1<\/a> can mean lack of self-control<\/i> (and there may be some double entendre here) self-indulgence<\/i><\/a> would better address the point. In this context to deprive one another <\/i>of what is owed even by agreement for a limited time <\/i>is a self-indulgence<\/i> rather than a lack of self-control<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The fruit of the Holy Spirit, God’s own love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness<\/i>, \u1f10\u03b3\u03ba\u03c1\u1f71\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1<\/a>, translated self-control<\/em>, is not on the side of continued abstinence here, but buoys up and carries a married couple along to be back upon it again and again. What might tempt (\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u1f71\u03b6\u1fc3<\/a>, a form of \u03c0\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03ac\u03b6\u03c9<\/a>) one, or a married couple addressed as one, during this abstinence is that they become all too comfortable and complacent with abstinence, especially for something perceived as a higher calling. Married couples become comfortable and complacent for much less: general busyness, children, jobs, financial or other worries and concerns, not to mention boredom with one another.<\/span><\/p>\n

In their comfort and complacency, disregarding what is owed, each might begin to feel that he or she has regained authority over his or her own body, even authority to share his or her own body with another. After all, in this comfort and complacency one’s spouse no longer fulfils one’s sexual desires. Here is where that lack of self-control<\/i> might come into play, resulting in adultery, divorce, what the text as translated seemed to imply prematurely. <\/span><\/p>\n

Paul continued (1 Corinthians 7:6, 7a ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

Now as a concession, not a command, I say this. I wish<\/a> that all were as I myself am [Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think concession<\/i> might be more begrudging a translation of \u03c3\u03c5\u03b3\u03b3\u03bd\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> (a form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03b3\u03b3\u03bd\u03ce\u03bc\u03b7<\/a>) than is absolutely necessary. It, too, might have been translated indulgence<\/i>, a little lighthearted wordplay. I say this <\/i>(\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf<\/a> \u03b4\u1f72<\/a> \u03bb\u1f73\u03b3\u03c9<\/a>) refers all the way back to: But because of <\/i>\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> [the worship of sex], each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband<\/i>.14<\/sup><\/a> Paul was careful not to command everyone to marry because It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman<\/i>.15<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

The idea that, but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control<\/i><\/span>,16<\/sup><\/a> was a concession <\/i>rather than a command <\/i>seems untenable to me. I don’t believe Paul jumped ship suddenly and altered the terms of marriage he had just spelled out. It seems, however, that he would divert the anticipated outcome of betrothal in what I assume was an arranged marriage17<\/sup><\/a> (1 Corinthians 7:36-38 ESV):<\/p>\n

If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry\u2014it is no sin. But whoever is firmly established in his18<\/sup><\/a><\/em> heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his19<\/sup><\/a><\/em> heart, to keep20<\/sup><\/a><\/em> her as his betrothed, he will do21<\/sup><\/a><\/em> well. So then he who marries22<\/sup><\/a><\/em> his betrothed23<\/sup><\/a><\/em> does well, and24<\/sup><\/a><\/em> he who refrains from marriage will do25<\/sup><\/a><\/em> even better.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed<\/i>: \u201cBut if anyone (\u0395\u1f30<\/a> \u03b4\u1f73<\/a> \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>) to incur disgrace (\u1f00\u03c3\u03c7\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd<\/a>) upon the virgin (\u1f10\u03c0\u1f76<\/a> \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b8\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>) of his\u201d (\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>) or \u201chere (\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>) thinks\u201d (\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u1f77\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>). These options may be clearer in a table:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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1 Corinthians 7:36a<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But if anyone to incur disgrace upon the virgin of his thinks<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nBut if anyone to incur disgrace toward the virgin here thinks<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Before I began this study I had assumed that anyone<\/i> (\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>) meant \u201cany engaged man.\u201d Most commentators<\/a> in the past thought anyone <\/i>meant any father of an engaged woman. As I study in Greek now, I think anyone <\/i>means \u201canyone in a given community who knows any particular man and woman in this situation.\u201d I chose \u201cto incur disgrace\u201d because this is the infinitive form of \u1f00\u03c3\u03c7\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03ad\u03c9<\/a>, \u1f00\u03c3\u03c7\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd<\/a>, rather than the 3rd<\/sup> person singular form \u1f00\u03c3\u03c7\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6<\/a> (e.g.<\/i>, that he is not behaving properly<\/i>). And \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> might be a personal pronoun in the genitive case<\/a>, of his <\/i>or his<\/i>, or it might be an adverb<\/a>: \u201cin the very place, here, there, in this place, in that place.\u201d I translated \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76<\/a> \u201cupon\u201d if \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 is a pronoun or \u201ctoward\u201d (I might have chosen \u201cagainst\u201d) if \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 is an adverb as a matter of preference. So, I’m understanding this clause to mean something like: \u201cIf anyone in a given community thinks an engaged couple remaining unmarried disgraces the young woman in that unconsummated relationship…\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Greek of the next clause is: \u1f10\u1f70\u03bd<\/a> \u1f96<\/a> \u1f51\u03c0\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>; \u201cif\u201d or \u201cwhen he is\u201d or \u201cshe is beyond the prime of youth;\u201d if she is past the bloom of youth <\/i>(NET), if she pass the flower of her age <\/i>(KJV). This was the main reason I assumed Paul referred to a marriage arranged before either party was actually old enough to marry [see footnote 17<\/a>]. But the verb of being \u1f96<\/a> doesn’t specify gender and \u1f51\u03c0\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> might be masculine or feminine. Apparently, the translators of some recent Bible versions<\/a>26<\/sup><\/a> reached back to the verb \u1f00\u03ba\u03bc\u03ac\u03b6\u03c9<\/a> and decided that in this particular context \u1f51\u03c0\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> meant a really horny<\/a> guy: if his passions are strong <\/i>(ESV). <\/span><\/p>\n

A note (27<\/a>) in the NET acknowledged this as a possible translation:<\/span><\/p>\n

Or referring to an engaged man: \u201cif he is past the critical point,\u201d \u201cif his passions are too strong.\u201d The word literally means \u201cto be past the high point.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Next, and it has to be<\/i>: literally, \u201cand so (\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> \u03bf\u1f55\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2<\/a>) ought (\u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>) to happen\u201d (\u03b3\u1f77\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>). This clause doesn’t help determine the meaning of the previous. In fact, it seems open-ended enough to accommodate concerns over the woman’s honor and social status or the acts of a man’s lust (which impacts a woman’s honor and social status), and perhaps a host of concerns in between.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul continued: let him do as he wishes<\/i>: \u1f43<\/a> \u03b8\u1f73\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9<\/a> \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u1f77\u03c4\u03c9<\/a>. I’m not seeing him <\/i>or he <\/i>in the Greek here: \u1f43<\/a> is neuter and \u03b8\u1f73\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9<\/a> and \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u1f77\u03c4\u03c9<\/a> are 3rd<\/sup> person singular verbs unspecified as to gender in the lexicon I’m using. This clause is also little to no help in determining the specific meaning of the previous two clauses. The relative pronoun \u1f43<\/a> might be in the nominative<\/a> or the accusative case<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I experimented briefly considering \u1f43<\/a> in the nominative case as the subject of the clause: a vague statement about betrothal leads to marriage, or a very oblique allusion to the final clause of Proverbs 30:18, 19<\/a>. Both were so forced I was persuaded that \u1f43<\/a> was in the accusative case, intended as the direct object of the clause: translated what <\/i>(NET, KJV) or as <\/i>(ESV). It brought me to the more gender neutral: \u201cwhat one wants one does.\u201d But that effort made the next clause, \u03bf\u1f50\u03c7<\/a> \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u1f71\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>, easy: literally, \u201cnot sinning,\u201d \u201cone does not sin,\u201d it is no sin <\/i>(ESV).<\/span><\/p>\n

And finally, \u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u1f77\u03c4\u03c9\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/a> is a 3rd<\/sup> person plural imperative form of \u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u03ad\u03c9<\/a> in the active voice<\/a> and present tense: \u201cthey [should, must] marry,\u201d let them marry <\/i>(ESV). I’m much more persuaded now that Paul laid this out as a collective decision of propriety to be made by the Corinthian church, triggered by any (\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>) given member of the congregation (whether man or woman). Then he turned his attention to a man27<\/sup><\/a> who had made it through this gauntlet<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But whoever <\/i>(\u1f43\u03c2<\/a> \u03b4\u1f72<\/a>) is established <\/i>(\u1f15\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>) in his heart <\/i>(\u1f10\u03bd<\/a> \u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>) firmly <\/i>(\u1f11\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>), the next verse begins. The verb \u1f15\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> might be in the perfect<\/a> or imperfect tense<\/a>. Since it is generally translated<\/a>28<\/sup><\/a> in the present tense I’ll assume the perfect tense<\/a> here: \u201cthe progress of an action has been completed and the results of the action are continuing on, in full effect.\u201d I assume, then, the action that \u201chas been completed\u201d was the gift from God <\/i>to be as I myself am<\/i>.29<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

The next stipulation is, being under no necessity<\/i>: literally, \u201cnot (\u03bc\u1f74<\/a>) possessing (\u1f14\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>) necessity\u201d (\u1f00\u03bd\u1f71\u03b3\u03ba\u03b7\u03bd<\/a>). In other words, none of the disqualifying conditions of the previous verse that made marriage an \u201cought\u201d (\u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>) apply. Another stipulation follows, but having his desire under control<\/i>: \u201cbut (or \u201calso,\u201d or \u201cand,\u201d or \u201cmoreover,\u201d or \u201cnow\u201d) authority (\u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd<\/a> \u03b4\u1f72<\/a>) [he] has (\u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>) on (\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76<\/a>) his own desire\u201d (\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u1f30\u03b4\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> \u03b8\u03b5\u03bb\u1f75\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>). In other words, that gift from God <\/i><\/a> holds sway in his choices and desires. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>[A]nd <\/i>[because of this gift from God<\/i><\/a>] has determined this in his heart<\/i>; \u201cand this (\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf<\/a>) in a present state of having judged<\/i>30<\/sup><\/a> (\u03ba\u1f73\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>) in [his]31<\/sup><\/a> own heart (\u1f10\u03bd<\/a> \u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> \u1f30\u03b4\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a>),\u201d to keep her as his betrothed<\/i>; \u201cto keep (\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd<\/a>) the of himself virgin\u201d or \u201cthe virgin of himself,\u201d i.e.<\/em>, “to keep himself celibate\u201d (\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b8\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>);32<\/sup><\/a> he will do well <\/i>(\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u1ff6\u03c2<\/a> \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>). Here \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u1ff6\u03c2<\/a> might have been translated beautifully <\/i>and hearkens back to, \u201cIt is good <\/i>(\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u1f78\u03bd<\/a>, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2<\/a>; \u201cbeautiful\u201d) for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.\u201d<\/i>33<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul continued, So then he who marries his betrothed<\/i>: \u201cSo then (\u1f65\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a>) giving in marriage himself celibate\u201d or \u201cgiving himself celibate in marriage\u201d (\u1f41<\/a> \u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u1f77\u03b6\u03c9\u03bd<\/a> \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b8\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>); does well<\/i>: \u201cwell you do\u201d (\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u1ff6\u03c2<\/a> \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u1fd6<\/a>). Paul was not commending one such as I was who only discovered that he had married<\/a> while he was making other plans to have sex with as many other people as possible. <\/span><\/p>\n

Paul’s desire was that all were as I myself am,<\/i>34<\/sup><\/a> and he reiterated here, he who refrains from marriage will do even better<\/i>: \u201cand not giving in marriage (\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> \u1f41<\/a> \u03bc\u1f74<\/a> \u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u1f77\u03b6\u03c9\u03bd<\/a>), better he will do\u201d (\u03ba\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c3\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ll pick this up in another essay. The table mentioned above follows.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Occurrences of \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 in 1 Corinthians<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b8\u1f73\u03bb\u03c9 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f61\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bc\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nI wish that all were as I myself am.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 Corinthians 14:5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\n

\u03b8\u1f73\u03bb\u03c9 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f51\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2 \u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd \u03b3\u03bb\u1f7d\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Now I want you all to speak in tongues,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1 Corinthians 15:25<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u1f04\u03c7\u03c1\u03b9 \u03bf\u1f57 \u03b8\u1fc7 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c7\u03b8\u03c1\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u03c0\u1f79\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nuntil he has put all his enemies under his feet.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Tables comparing 1 Corinthians 7:3, 4<\/a>; 7:5<\/a>; 7:8, 9<\/a> and 7:37, 38<\/a> in the NET and KJV follow.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>1 Corinthians 7:3, 4 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:3, 4 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nLet the husband render unto the wife due benevolence<\/strong>: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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1 Corinthians 7:3 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:3 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u1f76 \u1f41 \u1f00\u03bd\u1f74\u03c1 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> <\/b>\u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u1f79\u03c4\u03c9, \u1f41\u03bc\u03bf\u1f77\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f74 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u1f77<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03c4\u03b7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u03b9 \u03bf \u03b1\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03bf\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> \u03b5\u03c5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u03bf\u03c4\u03c9 \u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c4\u03c9 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03c4\u03b7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9\u03ba\u03b9 \u03bf \u03b1\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03bf\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03c5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd<\/b> \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03b9\u03b4\u03bf\u03c4\u03c9 \u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c4\u03c9 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nThe wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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1 Corinthians 7:4 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:4 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u1f21 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f74 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f30\u03b4\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u1f71\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a> <\/b>\u1f41 \u1f00\u03bd\u1f75\u03c1, \u1f41\u03bc\u03bf\u1f77\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u1f00\u03bd\u1f74\u03c1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f30\u03b4\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u1f71\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a> <\/b>\u1f21 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f75<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5\u03ba \u03b5\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb<\/a> \u03bf \u03b1\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1 \u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf \u03b1\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5\u03ba \u03b5\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb<\/a> \u03b7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5\u03ba \u03b5\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb \u03bf \u03b1\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1 \u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf \u03b1\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf\u03c5\u03ba \u03b5\u03be\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb \u03b7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>1 Corinthians 7:5 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:5 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nDefraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and <\/b>prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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1 Corinthians 7:5 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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<\/a>1 Corinthians 7:8, 9 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:8, 9 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nI say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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1 Corinthians 7:8 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:8 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:8 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nBut if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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1 Corinthians 7:9 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:9 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:9 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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<\/a>1 Corinthians 7:37, 38 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:37, 38 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nNevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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1 Corinthians 7:37 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:37 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:37 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nSo then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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1 Corinthians 7:38 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:38 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 7:38 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u1f65\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u1f77\u03b6\u03c9\u03bd<\/a> \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b8\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u1ff6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u1fd6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a><\/b> \u1f41 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u1f77\u03b6\u03c9\u03bd<\/a> <\/b>\u03ba\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c3\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03c9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf \u03b5\u03ba\u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03b6\u03c9\u03bd<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03c9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bf \u03b4\u03b5<\/a> \u03bc\u03b7 \u03b5\u03ba\u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03b6\u03c9\u03bd<\/a> \u03ba\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u03b9<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03c9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf \u03b5\u03ba\u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03b6\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03c9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bf \u03b4\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b7 \u03b5\u03ba\u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03b6\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Christianity, Part 14<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 and \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6, Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 and \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6, Part 2<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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1<\/sup><\/a> John 12:32 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 7:1b (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/sup><\/a> What is Sexual Immorality?<\/i><\/a>; Sexual Immorality Revisited, Part 1<\/i><\/a>; Sexual Immorality Revisited, Part 2<\/i><\/a>; Sexual Immorality Revisited, Part 3<\/i><\/a>, to name a few.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4<\/sup><\/a> Galatians 5:22b, 23a (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5<\/sup><\/a> From \u201cThe End<\/a>,\u201d by John Lennon<\/a>, Paul McCartney<\/a>, The Beatles<\/a>, Abbey Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> a form of the noun \u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03ae<\/a> (NET: his marital responsibility<\/i>) here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u03bf\u03c6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> (a participle of the verb \u1f40\u03c6\u03b5\u03af\u03bb\u03c9<\/a>) \u03b5\u03c5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd<\/a> (KJV: due benevolence<\/i>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text had \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a> here, where the NA28<\/sup><\/a>, Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text had \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a> here, where the NA28<\/sup><\/a>, Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03bc\u1f75\u03c4\u03b9<\/a> here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03bc\u03b7 \u03c4\u03b9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10<\/sup><\/a> The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03c4\u03b7<\/a> \u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> (KJV: to fasting and<\/i>) here. The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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11<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u1f26\u03c4\u03b5<\/a> here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03c7\u03b7\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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12<\/sup><\/a> The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> here. The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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13<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03ba\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03ba\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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14<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 7:2 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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15<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 7:1b (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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16<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 7:5b (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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17<\/sup><\/a> From Vincent’s Word Studies<\/a>, in Commentaries to 1 Corinthians 7:37<\/a> on Bible Hub<\/a> online: \u201cUnder the patriarchal and Mosaic dispensations, the father’s power over the children in the matter of marriage was paramount, and their consent was not required. After the Exile the parents could betroth their children, while minors, at their pleasure; but when they became of age their consent was required, and if betrothed during minority, they had afterward the right of insisting upon divorce.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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18<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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19<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u1f30\u03b4\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a> here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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20<\/sup><\/a> The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had the article \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> preceding to keep<\/i>. The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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21<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/a> here, the 3rd<\/sup> person singular form of \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03ad\u03c9<\/a> in the future tense. The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u03b9<\/a> (KJV: doeth<\/i>), the 2nd<\/sup> person imperative form in the present tense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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22<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u1f41<\/a> \u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u1f77\u03b6\u03c9\u03bd<\/a> here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u1f41<\/a> \u03b5\u03ba\u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03b6\u03c9\u03bd<\/a> (KJV: he that giveth her in marriage<\/i>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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23<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b8\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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24<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b4\u03b5<\/a> (KJV: but<\/i>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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25<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/a> here, the 3rd<\/sup> person singular form of \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03ad\u03c9<\/a> in the future tense. The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u03b9<\/a> (KJV: doeth<\/i>), the 2nd<\/sup> person imperative form in the present tense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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26<\/sup><\/a> NIV-2011<\/a>, NLT-2015<\/a>, ESV-2016<\/a>, GNT-1992<\/a>, ISV-2012<\/a>, NRSV-1993<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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27<\/sup><\/a> I wrote man<\/i> here because the first word in the next clause was the masculine \u1f43\u03c2<\/a> rather than the feminine \u1f25<\/a> or neuter \u1f45<\/a>. But I recall a time not so very long ago when man<\/em>, he<\/em>, him<\/em> and his<\/em> included, as opposed to excluding, woman<\/em>, she<\/em>, her<\/em> and hers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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28<\/sup><\/a> The NIV is a notable exception: But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind<\/i>… But even the imperfect tense<\/a> implies some continuous history in the past, demonstrating the effect of this gift from God.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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29<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 7:7 (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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30<\/sup><\/sup><\/a> The Greek verb \u03ba\u1f73\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> is a form of \u03ba\u03c1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9<\/a> in the perfect tense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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31<\/sup><\/a> I put his<\/em> in brackets here because \u1f30\u03b4\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a> is the feminine form of \u1f34\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>. My assumption, then, is that \u1f30\u03b4\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a> is feminine to correspond to \u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> and \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a>, which are also feminine. Still, it is difficult to completely shake the idea that her own heart<\/em> was intended. So, I suppose I should acknowledge that I put his<\/em> in brackets here because others<\/a> have translated \u1f30\u03b4\u1f77\u1fb3<\/a> his<\/em> and I’m not ready yet to do a New Testament survey of every occurrence of forms of \u1f34\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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32<\/sup><\/a> I would expect \u201cto keep his virgin\u201d to be \u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd<\/a> \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b8\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> in Greek, rather than \u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd<\/a> \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b8\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>. Having a betrothed <\/i>would seem to be one of the disqualifying conditions, covered by \u03bc\u1f74<\/a> \u1f14\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd<\/a> \u1f00\u03bd\u1f71\u03b3\u03ba\u03b7\u03bd<\/a>, that made marriage an ought <\/em>and would not come into play here. I would assume that this particular young woman was first to object to her fianc\u00e9’s refusal to marry and has long since been released from a marriage contract he had no intention of honoring. The idea, that a man might default on his marriage contract and yet keep<\/em> a young woman as a childless servant in his household unilaterally, sounds too much like the kinds of things self-righteous men did to women to maintain their self-righteousness<\/a> (Judges 11<\/a> and 21<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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33<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 7:1b (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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34<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 7:7a (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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