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an admirable synonymy [accumulation of synonymous clauses] and description of liberty. — t’fcuv avnyxYiv, having no necessity ) on account of which he should prefer celibacy to marriage, ver. 26, or marriage to celibacy. — sgouav' av) control [ power ], without any interference. — &%s/, has) for having : for not and but are in mutual relation to each other. There is the same enal- lage in Col. i. 6, note. — vrspi, over) For often the will is one thing, and the power an altogether different thing. — idiov, his own) Liberty is elegantly denoted. [ Those who have now a regard to the Divine will , are often led to think , that they have been appointed to obtain only by one way , the things which cor- respond to the Divine will . Nevertheless , God grants to man full liberty regarding what is agreeable to His law , Deut. xxxvi. 6.1 — V. g.] — xsxpr/. tv) has so judged [ decreed , has come to this as his decided opinion]. — nonT, doeth well) he not only does not sin ; he acts very well (xaXwg).
38. “n ffrsy therefore) We must observe, with how great earnestness, fidelity, and fulness, Paul dwells on this passage. — TLGtl) also.
39. ’Ei/ Kvp/u, in the Lord) So that Christ is here also all things. Christians and unbelievers mixed in society and dwelt together. He therefore commands Christian men to marry Christian women.
40. MaxapiwrspcC) happier) ver. 1, 28, 34, 35 ; Luke xxiii. 29. — doxu, 1 think) The Corinthians thought more of themselves than was right, and less of Paul. Paul with delicate pleasantry, am/wc, gives them back their own expression. — xayw) I also , no less certainly, than any of you [who may think he has the Spirit]. — Hviv/jjcc ©sou, the Spirit of God) whose counsels are spiritual, divine.
1 Rather Numb, xxxvi. 6. Let them marry to whom they think best. — Ed.
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