11-07 - 1 Corinthians 7 1-7

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☀️ 1 - Now about the questions about which you wrote to me: “I (Paul) think it’s good for a man to remain single, rather than to marry.” 2 But in the world there is the temptation to immorality. [Porneia - fornication (sexual relations between people who are not married to each other - The Amer. Heritage Dictionary). From pernaō - to sell off, properly, a selling off (surrendering) of sexual purity.] {Rightness, health.} So each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3 The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Likewise the wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. 5 Don’t deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer, but then come together again, so Satan may not tempt you to a lack of self control, and you fall prey to unfaithfulness.

     6 Now this is only advice, but I will say, 7 I wish all were as I am. But all have their own blessing from God, some of one kind and others of another kind.

Tomorrows verses - 1 Corinthians 7:8-23

11-05 - 1 CORINTHIANS 6 9-13

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☀️ 9 - You do realize unrighteousness and injustice cannot be inheriting the kingdom of God? Don’t be misled, anyone being sexually immoral, or an idolater, adulterer, practicing homosexual, 10 nor thieves, greedy, nor drunkards, nor agitators, or swindlers are (yet) inheriting (by no means) the kingdom of God! {It’s just not possible, same for backbiters, argumentative, slandering God, polluting God’s human temples with bad doctrine/unTruth. But God LOVES “all”. ..It’s possible He could be a bit angry and indignant at cruel and heartless despots.. child traffickers, what so many just don’t get - either the Greek or the Old Testament Hebrew word for anger means “smoke out the nostril”😮 - until theY judge theirself.. Can we imagine, eventually, during GWT judgment ‘day’ [aion] the gut wrenching remorse? ..The beating theirself up “with many stripes” for the many lives (and psyches) they brought much suffering to. A child trafficker for the basest carnal purposes!! Of course that’s progress after the initial, inner, outside of the Light darkness.. the gnashing of teeth ..Surely there will be closure for victims.. And closure for all things “on that day”! And finally, even the worst of the worst realize Christ Crucified! Their weeping can end, their guilty conscience appeased, and at rest. {Um, more weeping, I’m sure but not the gnashing of teeth weeping, but the cleansing of the heart weeping, which will let in fresh streams of life and rays of light. We’re all going to enter the household/family of God. He “is Perfect” how could we ever doubt? We can trust him, and take the upper road of his instructions.}

     11 And such (continues Paul) were some of us! But we were washed [apoloúō - from apó - away from, and loúō - wash, so wash away, this strengthened form of loúō (to wash) refers to an entire washing]. You were sanctified [hagiazó - to make holy, consecrate, sanctify]. You were justified [dikaioó - to show to be righteous, declare righteous {maKe righteous by his Spirit/Presence. HE does it}]. All in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and BY the Spirit of our God.

     12 As they say, “all things are lawful for me” but not all things are helpful! All things are lawful for me {like wine.. “God made wine to make merry the heart of man” Ps.103, but “strong drink bites like a serpent” Prov.23:32, or meat eating as it affected fellow believers, Ro.14}.

     But I (Paul) will not be dominated by anything! 13 “Food is meant for the belly and the belly for food”. And God will do away with? dial back? both. {A reference to entropy? The entropic nature of both food and belly? As there’s fruit on the Revelation 21 “new earth”. And Isaiah 11:7 mentions “the lion will eat straw like the ox, and the bear will graze with the cow”.}

     The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the LORD, and the LORD for the body. {Like food for the belly! And the belly for food! 1Cor.3:16, Dn.12:12.}

Tomorrow’s verses  - 1 Corinthians 6:14-20