1Cor 7:5, 29 | JFB | e4.org | 5. Defraud . . . not —namely, of the conjugal duty "due" ( ; compare the Septuagint, ). except it be —"unless perchance" [ALFORD ]. give yourselves to —literally, "be at leisure for"; be free from interruptions for; namely, on some special " season, " as the Greek for "time" means (compare ). fasting and prayer —The oldest manuscripts omit "fasting and"; an interpolation, evidently, of ascetics. come together —The oldest manuscripts read, "be together," namely, in the regular state of the married. Satan —who often thrusts in his temptations to unholy thoughts amidst the holiest exercises. for your incontinency — because of your inability to "contain" ( ) your natural propensities, which Satan would take advantage of.

‏ 1 Corinthians 7:5

5. Defraud . . . not—namely, of the conjugal duty "due" (1Co 7:3; compare the Septuagint, Ex 21:10).

except it be—"unless perchance" [ALFORD].

give yourselves to—literally, "be at leisure for"; be free from interruptions for; namely, on some special "season," as the Greek for "time" means (compare Ex 19:15; Joe 2:16; Zec 7:3).

fasting and prayer—The oldest manuscripts omit "fasting and"; an interpolation, evidently, of ascetics.

come together—The oldest manuscripts read, "be together," namely, in the regular state of the married.

Satan—who often thrusts in his temptations to unholy thoughts amidst the holiest exercises.

for your incontinency—because of your inability to "contain" (1Co 7:9) your natural propensities, which Satan would take advantage of.

‏ 1 Corinthians 7:29

29. this I say—A summing up of the whole, wherein he draws the practical inference from what precedes (1Co 15:50).

the time—the season (so the Greek) of this present dispensation up to the coming of the Lord (Ro 13:11). He uses the Greek expression which the Lord used in Lu 21:8; Mr 13:33.

short—literally, "contracted."

it remaineth—The oldest manuscripts read, "The time (season) is shortened as to what remains, in order that both they," &c.; that is, the effect which the shortening of the time ought to have is, "that for the remaining time (henceforth), both they," &c. The clause, "as to what remains," though in construction belonging to the previous clause, in sense belongs to the following. However, CYPRIAN and Vulgate support English Version.

as though they had none—We ought to consider nothing as our own in real or permanent possession.