1 Korintus 7:26

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Aku berpendapat, bahwa, mengingat waktu darurat sekarang, adalah baik bagi manusia untuk tetap dalam keadaannya.

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Aku berpendapat, bahwa, mengingat waktu darurat sekarang, adalah baik bagi manusia untuk tetap dalam keadaannya.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka pada pemandanganku, baiklah hal yang demikian oleh sebab kesukaran yang pada masa ini, yaitu baiklah orang tinggal sebagaimana ia memang ada.

Contextual Overview

²⁵ Nowe concerning virgins I haue no commaundement of the Lord: yet geue I counsell, as one that hath obtayned mercy in the Lorde to be faythfull. ²⁶ I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for [I say] it is good for a man so to be. ²⁷ Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe. ²⁸ But and if thou marrie a wyfe, thou sinnest not, and if a virgin marrie, she hath not sinned: Neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in their fleshe, but I beare with you. ²⁹ But this say I brethren, the tyme is short: It remayneth, that they which haue wyues, be as though they had none: ³⁰ And they that wepe, as though they wept not: & they that reioyce, as though they reioyced not: and they that bye, as though they possessed not: ³¹ And they that vse this worlde, as though they vsed it not: For the fashion of this worlde goeth away. ³² I woulde haue you without care: He that is vnmaryed, careth for the thinges that belong to the Lorde, how he may please the Lorde: ³³ But he that hath maryed awyfe, careth for the thinges that are of the worlde, how he may please his wyfe. ³⁴ There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe: The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde, that she may be holy both in body and in spirite: [Againe] she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world, how she may please her husbande.

Bible Verse Review
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that: 1 Corinthians 7:1, 1 Corinthians 7:8, 1 Corinthians 7:28, 1 Corinthians 7:35-38, Jeremiah 16:2-4, Matthew 24:19, Luke 21:23, Luke 23:28, Luke 23:29, 1 Peter 4:17

distress: or, necessity

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 35:6 - Ye shall Jeremiah 45:5 - seekest Hosea 9:14 - what Matthew 19:10 - General 1 Corinthians 7:7 - I would 1 Corinthians 7:38 - doeth better 1 Corinthians 7:40 - she Ephesians 5:16 - the days Revelation 14:4 - for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I suppose, therefore, that this is good,.... The opinion of the apostle, the sentiment of his mind, his judgment in this case were, that it was better, more advisable and eligible, for persons that were single to continue so; his reason for it follows,

for the present necessity; by which is meant not the shortness of life, and the necessity of dying, when husband and wife must part, upon which trouble ensues; nor the various sorrows, cares, encumbrances, trials, and exercises that attend a conjugal state, as bearing and bringing forth, and bringing up children, provision for the family, c. which are common to all, and at all times more or less but the present time of persecution, under which the churches of Christ were; agreeably the Syriac version reads it,

מטל אעקא דזבנא, "because of the necessity of the time", or season: using the very Greek word in text; as the Targumists q also have frequently adopted it into their language, and use the phrase

שעת אעקי, "an hour, or time of necessity", for a time of great affliction and distress, just as the apostle does here; because this was the present case of the Christians, he thought it most prudent for such as were single to remain so; since as they were often obliged to move from place to place, to fly from one city to another, this would be very incommodious for married persons, who might have young children to take care of, and provide for; see Matthew 24:19 upon a like account, the Jewish doctors advise to the same the apostle here does r;

"from the day that the empire is extended, which decrees hard decrees upon us, and causes the law and the commandments to cease from us, and does not suffer us to circumcise children; it is right that we agree among ourselves, שלא לישא אשה, not to marry, and beget children:''

I say it is good for a man so to be; to remain unmarried, to live a single life, to be a virgin; for the word "virgin", as here used, relates to men as well as maidens, and denotes the single state of either. The apostle does not add, "even as I"; as he does in 1 Corinthians 7:8 which seems to confirm the conjecture already made, that he was not a bachelor, but a widower; otherwise he would doubtless have enforced this advice by his own example, as before.

q Targum Jon. & Hieros. in Gen. xxii. 14. & xxxviii. 25. & Targum Sheni in Esth. v. 1. r T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 60. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I suppose - I think; I give the following advice.

For the present distress - In the present state of trial. The word “distress” (ἀνάγκην anagkēn, necessity) denotes calamity, persecution, trial, etc.; see Luke 21:23. The word rendered “present” (ἐνεστῶσαν enestōsan) denotes that which “urges on,” or that which at that time presses on, or afflicts. Here it is implied:

1. That at that time they were subject to trials so severe as to render the advice which he was about to give proper; and,
2. That he by no means meant that this should be a “permanent arrangement” in the church, and of course it cannot be urged as an argument for the monastic system.

What the “urgent distress” of this time was, is not certainly known. If the Epistle was written about 59 a.d. (see the introduction), it was in the time of Nero; and probably he had already begun to oppress and persecute Christians. At all events, it is evident that the Christians at Corinth were subject to some trials which rendered the cares of the marriage life undesirable.

It is good for a man so to be - The emphasis here is on the word “so” οὕτως houtōs; that is, it is best for a man to conduct “in the following manner;” the word so referring to the advice which follows. “I advise that he conduct in the following manner, to wit.” Most commentators suppose that it means “as he is:” that is, unmarried; but the interpretation proposed above best suits the connection. The advice given is in the following verses.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 26. This is good for the present distress — There was no period in the heathen times when the Church was not under persecutions and afflictions; on some occasions these were more oppressive than at others.

The word αναγκη signifies, necessity, distress, tribulation, and calamity; as it does in Luke 21:23; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:10. In such times, when the people of God had no certain dwelling-place, when they were lying at the mercy of their enemies without any protection from the state-the state itself often among the persecutors-he who had a family to care for, would find himself in very embarrassed circumstances, as it would be much more easy to provide for his personal safety than to have the care of a wife and children. On this account it was much better for unmarried persons to continue for the present in their celibacy.