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1 Corinthians
7:29-31
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Comparative Texts:
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Similitude IV,
Shepherd of
Hermas. (c.145) |
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IV.III.1,
V.XXXV.2,
V.XXXVI.1, Adversus
Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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II.3, Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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II.9, On
The Apparel of Women,
Tertullian (c.
202) |
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I.29, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 207) |
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Chapter IX, On
Idolatry,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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Chapter V, On
the Resurrection of the Flesh,
Tertullian (c.
211) |
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V.7,
V.8, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 212) |
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Chapter
III, On Monogamy,
Tertullian
(c. 215) |
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I.VI.4,
II.III.6,
III.V.1, First
Principles (De Principiis),
Origen.
(c.225) |
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XIII.1, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
| On the
Dress of Virgins, Cyprian
of Carthage (c. 249) |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "By "weeping"
the Hebrews understand all adversity, and by "joy", all
prosperity." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "All worldly things are
show; nothing solid. All will be quickly gone." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
| "The time of our abode
here is short. It plainly follows, that even they who have wives be as
serious, zealous, active, dead to the world, as devoted to God, as holy
in all manner of conversation, as if they had none - By so easy a
transition does the apostle slide from every thing else to the one thing
needful; and, forgetting whatever is temporal, is swallowed up in
eternity." |
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| From the Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "The oldest manuscripts
read, "The time (season) is shortened as to what remains, in
order that both they," &c.; that is, the effect which the
shortening of the time ought to have is, "that for the remaining
time (henceforth), both they," &c. The clause, "as to what
remains," though in construction belonging to the previous
clause, in sense belongs to the following." |
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| From The
People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "It was but a short
time until Jerusalem should be destroyed, and the early church supposed
this would be the end of the world. Life, too, is short; the time of
preparation is short. It was the general feeling then that some awful
convulsion was close at hand. There was. Within half a generation the
whole Roman world was turned up by civil war, three emperors in
succession were slain, and Jerusalem was destroyed." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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"First
Thoughts on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary:
Epiphany 3," William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia, 2003.
| "Paul's word may jolt us into asking
whether we have in the process lost God and lost ourselves - let alone the
real interests of others." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"Would You Like to Disconnect Now?"
David Busic and Jeren Rowell, Preacher's Magazine:
Listening to the Text, Engaging the Text, Preaching the Text.
| "Paul tells us that marriage, mourning,
happiness, and shopping are all things of this world. The scripture does
not tell us these things are sinful. It is rather a matter of emphasis." |
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"Living in the
Last Times," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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"Detachment," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
| "What are your daily concerns for the
moment? How can you detach yourself from them? How can you place them in
the hands of God?" |
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| A discussion of "agamos" in 1 Corinthians 7 from the
B-Greek Archives. Follow "next in thread." |
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Review:
Will Deming, Paul on Marriage & Celibacy: The Hellenistic Background of 1
Corinthians 7. Eerdmans, 2004. Review by Brent Smith
in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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