Marriage Flashcards
What does 1 Corinthians 7:10 mean? “And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, let not the wife depart from her husband? Z
The Lord’s commandment is therefore they shall be no more Twain but one flesh Matthew 19:6. A righteous wife is not to depart from her husband she is to be under her husbands hedge.
What does 1 Corinthians 7:11 mean? But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: let not the husband put away his wife.
The commandment from God is to let not the wife depart from her husband but and if she does go against the commandment her two options are to remain unmarried in separation from her husband OR reconcile with him.
What is the context of 1 Corinthians 7?
1 Corinthians 7 is the apostle Paul speaking to a group of Israelites “Northern Kingdom” who are just coming back in the faith. They use to be in idolatry similar to how we are now. Because of that Pau’s goal here is to help the new believers avoid fornication (verse 2) and help them understand how to deal with a spouse that did not believe.
What does 1 Corinthians 7:12 mean? But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: if any brother hath a wife that believers not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Paul is saying this is my advice to you if you have a wife that doesn’t believe but is pleased to dwell. Pleased to dwell meaning the husband believes but the wife doesn’t however she’s pleased to stay with him and follows your guidelines under the covenant of marriage which includes keeping the commandments, then don’t get rid of her. Because the goal is to keep the covenant of marriage under the Lord AND avoid fornication. The believing spouse should NEVER seek divorce because that does against the commandment.
What does 1 Corinthians 7:13 mean? And to the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
“Let her not leave him” is worded that way because the man at that time was the only one that could initiate a bill of divorce which is not the case in America. Women initiate the majority of the time here (80%). Man also should have his own place. She’s not going to leave him given he’s willing to make these concessions to his wife (verse 33 how he may please his wife). Still has to be a marriage covenant honored where both husband and wife can agree to follow to maintain the marriage and coexist.
What does pleased to dwell mean?
It means can this person coexist with you. Are they willing to stay with you despite their difference in beliefs. The person that doesn’t believe still wants to stay under the believers roof and honor the marriage despite their unbelief. Is the unbeliever still following the covenant of marriage that was laid out( as the man you say “if you do this we can work but if you do this we cant” if she goes along with it she’s pleased to dwell if she bucks then she’s not. Are they working to keep peace (verse 15) in the marriage despite their unbelief? This includes keeping some commandments.
What does 1 Corinthians 7:14 mean? For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else we’re your children unclean; but now they are holy.
The believing is keeping commandments and makes the unbeliever holy and the children but this also goes into the influence the believer has on the unbeliever and the children (1 Peter 3:1-2). The believer can have enough influence to be able to establish their own preferences in the marriage. The wife(believer) is keeping the commandments but the husband(unbeliever) is just trying to please his wife.
Ex. May not congregate on the Sabbath but they don’t cook on the Sabbath because that’s a part of honoring their marriage. The unbeliever is doing it for their marriage sake.
That person is becoming sanctified by keeping some the commandments by default.
Children would be unclean because you have two people in the house not pleased to dwell with one another which causes chaos. Also celebrating and believing two different things leaves children confused.
What does 1 Corinthians 7:15 mean? But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart: a brother or sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called is to peace.
This person is unbelieving and not pleased to dwell. The UNBELIEVING is the only one that departs because they don’t hold themselves to the same standards in marriage through God’s word as the believer. You can still make it work if one doesn’t believe IF the unbeliever is pleased to dwell. If the believer has given the rules and regulations and they don’t honor the covenant of marriage by keeping the peace then let them leave. You can’t force someone to believe or stay.
The bondage is the obligation to stay under the same roof. You don’t have to keep the unbeliever under the same roof they don’t want to be in your presence because God has called us to peace. It’s only so much you can do as the believer to save your marriage.
Unbelieving spouse steps
- Go over the scriptures and try to win them over in Christ.
- Since you don’t believe let’s establish these boundaries to make the marriage work.
3 if they don’t follow that they are not pleased to dwell and are unbelieving. Let them depart to be at peace.
Help meet scripture
Live joyfully so the the wife of thy youth scripture
What does 1 Corinthians 7:16 mean? For what knowers thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife.
Believer has to make an honest and valiant effort to restore their marriage, but under certain guidelines. (Communication, persuasion, influence) but if it doesn’t work then let them depart.
Paul is making it know we don’t have the power to save someone’s soul that’s of the Lord. Our job is to help guide and influence our spouse in marriage but we don’t have the power to save them (seek your own salvation with fear and trembling). If you try to win them over but they don’t want to believe or stay let them go and leave it up to the Lord.
What does 1 Corinthians 7:17 mean? But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And do ordain I in all churches.
Not everyone is called to be a believer. Some will be unbelievers, but how is everyone going to fall? Two believers? A believer and a non believer? A believer and unbeliever not pleased to dwell or a believer and nonbeliever pleased to dwell. We don’t know the outcome of every marriage so we can’t force the course of the River because someone has to play these positions. Let the believer be a believer still, the unbeliever let them be an unbeliever still. You can influence them as best as you can but if they still up and leave let them leave.
This was ordained in all churches because he knew with all these new converts there would be many situations where there were believers and unbelievers within marriages in this walk.
When the scriptures say if the unbelieving depart let them depart, since the believer can’t initiate the divorce, what happens if the unbeliever decides to depart but not file for divorce?
The believer needs to wait until the unbeliever commits adultery if it’s the man that’s the believer. If the woman is the believer she waits until he dies.
If the unbeliever is sexually disciplined and doesn’t comment adultery as the woman, to loose the man from the marriage, then the man is just stuck but that’s why the disciples said it’s best to not get married because these types of things can happen.
What does 1 Corinthians 7:24 mean?
If you are bound by the covenant of marriage with a wife don’t seek to divorce or get out of that marriage because marriage is a life long covenant, but if you happen to get out of that marriage because the wife committed fornication or died don’t immediately seek another wife because the gravity of marriage is very weighty and serious. You don’t want to put yourself sin a situation where you end up getting a dragon or someone who stunts your growth and ability to be profitable for the ministry.
What’s the cultural context of Matthew 19:9? And I say unto you, whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso Marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Christ was speaking to people who grew up in the law all their lives. There wasn’t any committing idolatry in Jerusalem because you would be put to death. The reason this is being brought forth in this cultural context is there was already a climate of believers here. The primary contention here was so you believe under the law of Moses or under Christ. The things we deal with 1 Corinthians 7 is more relatable to us. If she was a unbeliever in this is environment the person would have been stoned. Two believers are commanded to stay together it doesn’t matter if you don’t like each other.
