Concerning Married Life

Concerning Married Life

1Corinthians 7:1-16

1 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.

2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. 

3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife and likewise the wife to he husband.

4 The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband has no authority over his body but yields it to his wife.

5 Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and at for a time so that you may devote yourself to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self control. (Concerning Married Life)

6 I say this as a concession not as a command.

7 I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried as I do.

9 But if they cannot control themselves they should marry for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. (Concerning married life)

10 To the married I give this command (not I but the Lord): A wife must not separate to her husband.

11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a hsband must not divorce his wife.

12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord), If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean but as it is they are holy. (Concerning married life)

15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or a sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.

16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know husband, whether you will save your wife? 

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Concerning married life..

What is marriage? From the earliest days of the Christian faith, Christians have honored holy matrimony (as Christian marriages are referred to) as a divinely blessed, lifelong, monogamous union between a man and a woman. According to the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer (1979), reflecting the traditional view, “Christian marriage is a solemn and public covenant between a man and a woman in the presence of God,” “intended by God for their mutual joy; for the help and comfort given one another in prosperity and adversity; and, when it is God’s will, for the procreation of children and their nurture.”  (Concerning Married Life)

However, while many Christians might agree with the traditional definition, the terminology and theological views of marriage have varied through time in different countries, and among Christian denominations.

Many Protestants consider marriage to be a sacred institution or “holy ordinance” of God. Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians consider marriage as a holy sacrament or sacred mystery.

(Concerning Marriage Life Reference : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_views_on_marriage)