01. Marry or Burn
o 1 Corinthians 7:6 I speak is λέγω (ĕgō) originally *meant to lay or allow to lie down for sleep. It then morphed into collecting and laying out words in your mind to speak*.
o permission is συγγνώμη (ōmē), found only here in the Greek Scriptures, from ún, together, with, and ōskō, knowledge, thus it means with knowledge or permission.
o Paul writes that his teaching in 1 Cor 7:1-5 is not a command from God (cf. 1 Cor 7:10).
o Because 1 Corinthians 7:1-5 is not a command from God, we cannot dogmatically say that the refusal to engage in sexual relations in a marriage is a sin, but it is definitely ill-advised.
o 1 Corinthians 7:7 Paul writes that his wish is that all men were able to remain unmarried.
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o every man *is ἕκαστος (ĕkastŏs), meaning each and every** one*. This is found twice in 1 Corinthians 7:2.
o his is ἴδιος (ŏs), meaning *one's own*, and we see it translated as her own and his own in 1 Corinthians 7:2 and 1 Corinthians 7:4.
o proper gift is χάρισμα (charisma), from áris, grace, meaning a gift of grace.
o of is ἐκ (ĕk) meaning that this free gift of grace comes from God.
o one after this manner, and another after that Paul says that some are like him, able to be celibate without committing fornication (1 Corinthians 7:2), but many know that they need to marry so that they don't commit fornication.
o Does that mean that celibacy is a gift of God? No! Paul is saying that both marriage and celibacy are a gift from God.
o The Scriptures talk about marriage as a good thing, something to seek to be when you find someone with who you can be compatible (Proverbs 5:18--19; 18:22; 19:14; Eph 5:28; 5:33).
o The Scriptures are specific that the sin of fornication is not acceptable for the Christian, even for us today in the Age of Grace (Proverbs 5:15; Ecclesiastes 9:9; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 5:9--11; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; cf. Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 5:5; Colossians 3:5-6).
o 1 Corinthians 7:8 Paul will talk more about this later in this chapter (1 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Corinthians 7:26--27; 1 Corinthians 7:32; 1 Corinthians 7:34--35).
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o I say therefore**, or But I say is is λέγω (ĕgō) the same word as in 1 Corinthians 7:6.
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o unmarried** is ἄγαμος (ŏs), from the Greek prefix of a, negator and ámos, married. This Greek noun is found only 4 times in the Greek Scriptures (1 Corinthians 7:11; 7:32; 7:34).
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o widows** is χήρα (ēra), and it is noted that some Classical Greek writers used the masculine form of this word, *ḗros* to refer to men who have never married, bachelors.
o they abide is μένω (ĕnō), meaning *to abide, live, dwell*, or in this case to remain even as I.
o Paul here is referencing that he is unmarried.
o 1 Corinthians 7:9 if they cannot contain or lack self-control. This word is found only twice in the Greek Scriptures (1 Corinthians 9:25).
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o let them marry** is γαμέω (ĕō), to marry. This falls in line with what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 7:2.
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Young's Literal Translation: and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper **husband;
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o to burn is πυρόω (ŏō), from which we get our prefix pyro- (cf. Ephesians 6:16).
o Paul here writes that it is better to marry than to burn, which does not mean that sexual sin will send you to hell. If true, it goes against the Gospel of Grace (Ephesians 2:8-9), which is very clear that all sin is covered by the blood of Jesus, which means that all sin is forgivable.
o Paul uses πυρόω (ŏō) as a figure of speech for passion or anger in 2 Corinthians 11:29.
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o πυρόω (ŏō) is used metaphorically in ancient Greek writings, such as from the Greek playwright Aeschylus: Who is so childish or so bereft of sense, once he has *let his heart be fired* (πυρόω) by sudden news of a beacon fire, to despair if the story changes?
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o Paul is saying that it is better to marry than to ***let his heart be fired* with passion and commit fornication (cf. 1 Corinthians 7:1--2).
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o Closing thought: Was the Apostle Paul married? Many claim that the Apostle Paul was married at one time. They base this off the claim that he was a member of the Pharisees (Acts 23:6; Acts 26:5; Galatians 1:14; Philippians 3:4-6), and they claim that to be a Pharisee, one had to be married, but there is no Scriptural proof of that.
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o The Book of Acts and the Apostle Paul never stated in the Scriptures that he was married.
