Nehemiah 1:1-3:14
1 Corinthians 7:1-24
Psalm 31:19-24
Proverbs 21:4
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New Testament: 1 Corinthians 7:1-24
Summary: Principles for Marriage, Live as You Are Called
Today we’ll read that marriage is a gift and not everybody has the same gift. Some people have more self control than others. People remain unmarried for different reasons, and each one must know the will of God. We’ll learn that marriage is in fact a ministry. He addressed people who had been converted after marriage and who wondered if they should remain with their unsaved spouses? Yes, said Paul, because you might win them to Christ. But even Christian spouses can have a wonderful ministry to each other as they grow in the Lord and love each other. And we’ll learn that marriage is a calling when you become a Christian that does not annul what you were before you trusted Christ. Jews are still Jews, slaves are still slaves, and married people are still married. But now, with the Lord’s help, you can fulfill that calling in a greater way.
But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. ~ 1 Corinthians 7:15
But if the unbelieving depart,…. If the unbelieving party, man or woman, separate themselves from the believing party on account of religion, and in hatred to it, and will not live with the believer unless Christ is denied, his Gospel abjured, and his ordinances and worship relinquished:
let him depart; he or she, though not without making use of all proper means to retain them; but if, after all, they will go, unless such things are complied with as are unreasonable and sinful, they are not to be held, but let go; and the deserted person may sit down contented, being not to be blamed, the fault entirely lying upon the deserter:
Overview: 1 Corinthians
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