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☀️ [Paul is answering questions the Corinthian believers had sent in a letter. He responded “the time is short, so..” and indeed 70 CE was right around the corner.] 32 - I (Paul) want you to be free from worries. The unmarried person is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. 33 But the married person is worried about worldly things, how to please their spouse. 34 So their interests are divided. 35 I say this for your benefit, not to lay any hardship upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. {In those last days (of the age).}
36 If anyone thinks they’re not behaving properly toward their intended, or if passion is strong, let them do as they wish. If they marry, it’s no sin! 37 But whoever is firmly established in their heart, and have their desire under control, and do not marry, also do well. 38 So then they who marry do well, and they who refrain from marriage, in my opinion, do even better.
39 (Answer to another question.) A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to remarry, but only to another in the Lord. 40 Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God on this.
Tomorrows verses - 1 Corinthians 8:1-8
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