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“A wife is bound for as long a time as her husband lives. But if the husband dies, she is free to marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord.” The above is one of a few passages that is often misused to teach that divorce does not end a marriage. Of course, the idea that a marriage cannot be ended contradicts God’s definition of divorce (given as law) and makes a mockery of God’s having divorced Israel, which teaches us by example (Deut. 24:1,2; Mark 10:3; Jer. 3:8). This being true, what did Paul mean when he said, “A wife is bound for as long a time as her husband lives”?
Open Theology, 2021
In Paul’s communication to the Corinthian community, we find his reference to Jesus’ absolute prohibition of divorce as he seeks to rebuke some Corinthians’ desire to divorce for the sake of their ascetic pursuit. Following this enlistment of the authority of “the Lord” (1 Cor 7:10), Paul curiously offers his own instruction which contradicts Jesus’. Drawing on insights from the Roman and the Jewish contexts as well as the Foucauldian notion of power, this article argues that Paul is claiming to himself the power and the status of a paterfamilias. His divergence from Jesus’ prohibition of divorce stems from his possible concerns as the paterfamilias of the Corinthian community.
Journal of the Adventist Theological Society, 2000
In the time that Paul wrote Corinthians, sexual immorality was fueled by the abundance of pagan temples and pagan worshiping rituals. In this assignment I will discuss Paul’s answers on ethical questions about marriage, sex and divorce, and how these issues were complicated by the pagan influences.
Journal Of Humanities And Social Science, 2017
For a church, like Corinth, where a group of members advocated sexual abstinence, even within marriage, Paul must address the issue. Immediate post-apostolic church, as the Shepherd of Hermas attests, was not spared from considering sex, even within marriage, as evil, thus relegating it only for the purpose of procreation. This study investigates Paul's writing about sexual obligations and abstinences within marriage in 1 Corinthians 7:1-7. It closely looks at the purpose of marriage and the nature and extent of sexual activities within marriage to see Paul's inspired contribution for the preservation, success, and happiness of Christian marriages. It is argued in this paper that unlike non-Christian writings and practices in his time, Paul considers sexual activities within marriage as a marital duty that is characterized by equality, mutuality, and the sense of sacredness. Sex within marriage is not primarily for procreation but to signify its place in the union of two persons who become one flesh, thus, both avoiding porneia and expressing intimacy in a loving relationship between husbands and wives.
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