...wonder, then, that the great Apostle Paul, in order to prevent social evils, enacted this law, " Let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband." " Marriage," therefore, as Paul says, is honorable in all persons, though he himself, to fulfil his...

...tvifc.~\ In the next verse he speaks by permission, saying, " Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband." and so on.* 44. Then again he pointedly says, " I would that all men were even as I myself; but every...

...Paul, however, is still more definite on the subject. 1 Cor. vii., 2 : " To avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband." Each man is to " have his own wife" to and for himself. If she infringe that law it is adultery. So...

...uncleanness and evil lusts, may live with a good and quiet conscience. For, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband ; insomuch that all who are come to their years, and have not the gift of continence, are bound by...

...these crimes nearly all arise more or less directly from the extensive violation of God's law, " Let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband." Marriage is not contracted in general as the result of the mutual affection of the parties most concerned....

...amarros rr¡v ÎKUTOV yvvoiïxa itérai, xuî éxáffrr] rov 'ib юн äi/Ърк íyjíTu means: let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband. Isocr. Demon, p. 18. axOTTSt тгршто1>, чгшс vmp ruv av-rov oiúxqffív ó yàp xaxSç $uu>orfasîç...

...assigned in the next verse. The most natural reference is to v. 2, and to what follows. His saying, ' Let every man have his own wife and every woman her own husband, and let them remember their mutual obligations,' was permissive and not a matter of command. Marriage,...

...assigned in the next verse. The most natural reference is to v. 2, and to what follows. His saying, ' Let every man have his own wife and every woman her own husband, and let them remember their mutual obligations,' was permissive and not a matter of command. Marriage,...

...as a matter of convenience and aggrandisement. The law of God is, that, "to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband;" but the law of many fathers and mothers is—let marriage not be thought of, unless it shall add to...

...one wife. Still more explicit ore his words, 1 Cor. vii. 2 : "Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband," where mono^nmv is assumed as equally the law for both parties. The passages 1 Tim. iii. 2, 12 ; Titus...