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;
o to burn** is πυρόω (ŏō), from which we get our prefix pyro- (cf. Ephesians 6:16).
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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.
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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.
