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Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:207expounds v.2“δια δε τας πορνειας εκαστος την εαυτου γυναικα εχετω και εκαστη τον ιδιον ανδρα εχετω.”On the apostolic saying «Because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife» Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:412expounds v.29“τουτο δε φημι, αδελφοι, ο καιρος συνεσταλμενος το λοιπον εστιν, ινα και οι εχοντες γυναικας ως μη εχοντες ωσι,”413. On «The time is short from now on» Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1195B…ld live without a wife if there were need; not using possession with excessive affection, but with all thanksgiving and with a noble mind. CHAPTER XV 1 Cor. vii, 1; Luke xiv, 26; Isa. lvi, 2, 3, explaine… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:117…her it carries an implication he did not touch her just as it is good for a man not to touch a woman which is entirely without carnal intercourse or any other affection regarding the woman… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:381…hear the word of god this is what the apostle also says it is good for a man not to touch a woman saving however the remedy for those who because of their weakness require the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:425B…n is. But let us first see what it is "to touch," and what is the touch that makes one unclean. The Apostle says: "It is good for a man not to touch a woman." [1 Cor. 7:1] This touch is unclean; for this is tha… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:997…should not touch a woman at all for so says the apostle it is good for a man not to touch a woman yet this righteous man of yours elkanah who is proposed to us by… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:725…needed milk they learn those things which children are accustomed to learn it is good for a man not to touch a woman because of fornication d and so on and again they are instructed not… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1243…because of the hardness of your heart the law was given saying it is good for a man not to touch a woman but on account of fornication let each one have his own wife and… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:77…as when he says now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me it is good for a man not to touch a woman b showing clearly from that very point that it is good not… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:1403…to the corinthians h now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me it is good for a man not to touch a woman there exists also in addition to all these things an interpretation by… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:97…nineteenth homily on the corinthians as an argument proposes to itself namely it is good for a man not to touch a woman etc he treats and discusses perpetually in this book on virginity b so… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:541…the lord say now concerning the things of which you wrote to me it is good for a man not to touch a woman one might commend the corinthians here that having never received any counsel… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:543…take it, let him take it (Matt. 19. 12). What, then, does he say? Concerning the things whereof you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman (1 Cor. 7. 1). Objectio eorum qui virginitate… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:549D…e who are sober, returning again to the blessed Paul. Concerning those things of which you wrote to me, he says, it is good for a man not to touch a woman (1 Cor. 7. 1). Let both now be ashamed, both those w… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:551…many but also of the rewards laid up for the virgin therefore it is good for a man not to touch a woman why then do you permit him to touch because of fornication he says… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:553…of continence for in the beginning he simply praised the matter saying it is good for a man not to touch a woman but here he has added an exhortation saying defraud ye not one the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:555B…does not agree to this plan, I am forced to serve her lust. For this reason he was admonishing from the beginning: "It is good for a man not to touch a woman" [1 Cor. 7:1]; and the disciples also were saying to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:557…thing because of fornications for that reason also beginning it i said it is good for a man not to touch a woman because i desire this more d but for what reason does he mention… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:311C…irginity was introduced. And therefore Paul said, "I wish all men to be in continence, as I myself am." And again, "It is good for a man not to touch a woman" (1 Cor. VII, 1). And Christ: "There are eunuchs, who h… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:287…h sermon upon the words of the apostle it is good for a man not to touch a woman h a for he alone turns us to himself namely his purple garments… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:393C…rs indeed he wrote, moved by some cause and occasion (and this is shown by his saying to the Corinthians: Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me [1 Cor. 7. 1]; and to the Galatians, immediately fro… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:11C…s at the end of the Epistle, not speaking of all things, but of marriage and virginity. Therefore he said: "Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me" (1 Cor. 7:1). Furthermore, he composed the epistle… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:151A…st, with whom to the Father together with the Holy Spirit [be] glory, honor, dominion, now and always, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. HOMILY XIX [1 Cor. 7:1] Concerning those things, however, abo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:159…ages amen h homily xx h now concerning the things whereof he wrote unto me it is good for a man not to touch a woman nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:179…believe even in the evangelical preachings for the blessed paul writes saying it is good for a man not to touch a woman but because of fornication let each man have his own wife and let… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:915…is he who is polluted in them just as paul also says it is good for a man not to touch a woman is without doubt unclean for nothing so pollutes a man as sin until… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:971…the society of women to be avoided it is good he says for a man not to touch a woman but because of fornications let every man have his own wife and let every woman have… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:271…and ever amen h volume two h h chapter vii h vers now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me it is good for a man not to touch a woman he clearly shows that… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:539…he explained these things now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me it is good for a man not to touch a woman but for fear of fornication let every man have his own wife… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1055…a brought these laws before all people it is good he said for a man not to touch a woman but because of fornication let each man have his own wife and let each woman have… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:375…will subsequently be suitable paul handed down this order or disposition saying it is good for a man not to touch a woman then i would that all were as i myself am do you see… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:379A…resent passage thus: What it says: "I did not touch her," etc., is said with a certain emphasis, just like that: "It is good for a man not to touch a woman," (1 Cor. VII, 1) which indeed can take place without in… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:621…more gentle language and inserts exhortation and counsel regarding marriage and virginity it is good for a man not to touch a woman b vers but because of fornication let each man have his own wife… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…the lord b ibid now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me it is good for a man not to touch a woman but for fear of fornication let every man have his own wife… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:257…each woman have her own husband. The woman does not have authority over her own body, but the man; just as, in turn, the man does not have it, but the woman” (1 Cor. vii, 1-4). Therefore, if a harlot calls you, tur… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:723…and celibacy h vii now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me it is good for a man not to touch a woman nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:639…him asking whether one ought to abstain from a wife or otherwise it is good for a man not to touch a woman it is good he says and excellent for any mortal and not for… John Pearson 1613-1686PG 5:375…milk they learn the things that little children are wont to learn it is good for a man not to touch a woman but because of fornication etc and again they are instructed not to eat… Evagrius PonticusPG 40:1221…the girdle tightening around their loins repels all impurity and proclaims this it is good for a man not to touch a woman they also wear the melote or sheepskin being those who always b carry… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:209B…wrote to me, he says, it is good for a man not to touch a woman: but for fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband (1 Cor. VII, 1, 2). Paul is giving counsel concerning… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:217B…wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman; but because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband" (1 Cor. 7. 1, 2). For this reason, we spent our enti… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:807…the flesh for these are opposed to one another i cor vii it is good for a man not to touch a woman but because of cases of immorality let each man have his own wife… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:607…your mouth and he who stole let him steal no longer and let every man have his own wife and let everyone love his neighbor as himself and let every woman have her own husband these… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1245Latin…for it is written propter fornicationem autem unusquisque suam uxorem habeat let every man have his own wife a et illud uxori vir debitum reddat similiter autem et uxor viro let the husband render the… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:77…not to touch a woman he straightway added but for fear of fornication let every man have his own wife that is to say on account of the necessity of fornication if you cannot bear to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:551C…to compare marriage and pleasure with such a thing? Is this not very stupid? Therefore Paul, knowing all these things, said, Let each man have his own wife (1 Cor. 7:2): that is why he held back, that is why… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:555B…t the husband render unto the wife due benevolence," and "The wife has not power of her own body," and "Defraud ye not one another," and "Come together again" [1 Cor. 7:2-5]. For not even those blessed ones under… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:863A…195-208 NOTICE to the three following Homilies. 207-208 HOMIL. I on those words of the Apostle, On account of fornication let every man have his own wife (1 Cor. 7. 2). — How the tongue is to be restrained.… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:573…consider what the blessed paul says but because of fornications let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband the wife does not have authority over her own body but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:575A…e, as much as you wish; but when you are exhausted, accept the remedy of sexual intercourse, lest Satan tempt you. “Let every man therefore have his own wife” (1 Cor. 7:2). For these three things exist: virgini… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:159…me it is good for a man not to touch a woman nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own wife a it is necessary first to say what he intends for you in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:563…d, without cause; nor did he again remove all lust, but only the iniquitous kind: For because of concupiscences, he says, let each one have his own wife (1 Cor. 7:2). But as for accumulating money, he all… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:179…man not to touch a woman but because of fornication let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband but i say this by way of concession not of command… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:971…for a man not to touch a woman but because of fornications let every man have his own wife and let every woman have her own husband these therefore have become his vessels who have received… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:271…touch a woman he added vers but because of fornications let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband he ordains the same things both for men and for women… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:539…for a man not to touch a woman but for fear of fornication let every man have his own wife and let every woman have her own husband having thus legislated these things he urges them… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1055…man not to touch a woman but because of fornication let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband do you see how great the difference is b between the… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:375…mountain which he certainly understands here it is added and segor for to avoid fornication let every man have his own wife for everyone he says hath his proper gift from god one after this manner… Gregentius of Taphar traditional dates c. 502-552PG 86:583…vi we command every man and every woman to flee from unclean fornication let every man have his own wife and let there not be for them a specious defense which many say i am poor… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:621…to touch a woman b vers but because of fornication let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband let the husband render to his wife the affection that is… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…for a man not to touch a woman but for fear of fornication let every man have his own wife and let every woman have her own husband let the husband render the debt to his… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:257…fornication let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband the woman does not have authority over her own body but… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:723…me it is good for a man not to touch a woman nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:725…a wife and let every woman have her own husband let one not be continent he says if the other is unwilling lest continence become… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:639…the matter of matrimony he therefore adds vers but because of fornications let every man have his own wife and let every woman have her own husband he speaks concerning both parties for it is likely… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:213…but so that we might be chaste. Hear, then, Paul saying: "But because of fornications let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband" (1 Cor. 7: 2). There are these two things, for which… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:215D…ld have his own wife, and each one should have her own husband: let the husband return the due benevolence to the wife, and similarly the wife to the husband" (1 Cor. 7:2, 3). "Honey drips from the lips of a ha… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:217B…sband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband; likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife" (1 Cor. 7. 2-4). Having kept these words with precisio… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:231…of marriage and why was it given by god hear paul saying to avoid fornication let every man have his own wife he did not say let riches be prepared but what that we might avoid… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:397…character of a future bride before marriage is entered into. ON THE WORDS OF THE APOSTLE, "BUT ON ACCOUNT OF FORNICATION, LET EACH MAN HAVE HIS OWN WIFE" (1 Cor. 7:2) [It is like] honey, which nev… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:807…to touch a woman but because of cases of immorality let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband let the husband render to his wife the love that is… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1211…the procreation of children which indeed he shows in what precedes saying let the husband render unto the wife her due and likewise also the wife unto the husband after which discharge she is a helper… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:551D…joins: The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband; and likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife (1 Cor. 7:3-4). And these things seem to be said in b… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:553…in the preceding verses to conclude the exhortation there for what does let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence and the husband hath not power of his own body add beyond defraud ye not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:81D…s permitted to yourself. But Paul does not allow this to you, who gives the same authority to the wife: “Let the husband render to his wife the honor due her” (1 Cor. 7:3). What is this honor, when you dishonor… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:271…because of fornications opportunely since he had already condemned that vice vers let the husband render unto the wife her due benevolence and likewise also the wife unto the husband he legislates thus regarding temperance bidding… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:213B…the act to be adultery. For having said, "And let each woman have her own husband," he added, "Let the husband render to the wife the benevolence that is due" (1 Cor. 7: 3). What, then, did he wish to signify by… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:839…who is bound by the condition of wedlock because the wife has not power of her own body but her husband and the husband has not power of his own body but his wife on account… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:77…to the wife and d likewise also the wife to the husband the wife hath not power of her own body but the husband and in like manner the husband also hath not power of his… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:253…her husband for it is written the woman has no authority over her own body but the husband and again as the church is subject to the lord so also are women to their husbands in… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:751…ve authority over her own body, but the husband does; likewise, the husband," he says, "does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does" (I Cor. VII, 4); it is therefore clearly concluded that if it were lawful… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:311C…eror. For if a wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband, much more do those who live in Christ not have authority over their own bodies (1 Cor. 7:4). He who is now despised is He who will… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:551D…away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery (Matt. 5:32); and this, The husband does not have authority over his own body (1 Cor. 7:4); are expressed in unlike words, but wi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:553…dy, he adds: Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and come together again (1 Cor. 7:4, 5). I think that many of those here wh… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:573…woman have her own husband the wife does not have authority over her own body but the husband and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body but the wife if therefore… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:81D…ldren, nor bring the plague of the theater into your house. Do you not hear Paul saying: “The husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife” (1 Cor. 7:4), and introducing laws that are common… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:151…husband what however is the due honor the wife does not have power of her own body but she is both a handmaid and a mistress of the husband if you shall fail from the service… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:159…at here and in the discourse on continence there indeed he said the wife hath not power of her own body here in truth art thou loosed but if thou take a wife thou hast not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:279C…he says, "The wife does not have power over her own body, nor the husband; but the wife [has power over the body of] the husband, and the husband of the wife" (1 Cor. 7:4). So too we, when we wish to bind some… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:271…orders regarding this as well vers the wife hath not power over her own body but the husband and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body but the wife since the law… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:539…practice of continence that occurs without consent and says the wife has not power of her own body but the husband and the husband has not power of his own body but the wife you are… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1055…not approve for the wife he says does not have authority over her own body but the husband likewise the husband also does not have authority over his own body but the wife do not defraud… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:707…as in that same chapter vii of paul verse the wife mulier hath not power of her own body but the husband and in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:855…and intercourse for the great apostle paul confirming this same thing says the wife hath not power of her own body but the husband and in like manner the husband also hath not power of his… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:621…the wife to the husband the wife does not have authority over her own body but the husband and likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body but the wife if you seek… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…his wife and the wife also in like manner to the husband the wife hath not power of her own body but the husband and in like manner the husband also hath not power of his… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:65A…hether they do this with the consent of the other party, according to the precept of the Apostle; for the husband," he says, "has not power over his own body" (I Cor. VII, 4). And if it be discovered that this is… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:721…shall be he says two in one flesh therefore the wife has not power of her own body but the husband and likewise also the husband justifiably the man who fornicates against his wife that is… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:1211…christ i say again since that great paul says the wife has not power of her own body but the husband and likewise also the husband has not power of his own body but the wife… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:1247…the other except it be with consent for a time and again the wife hath not power of her own body but the husband but if she chooses to withdraw out of a desire for the… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:639…necessary that you render this to each other vers the wife has not power of her own body but the husband and in like manner also the husband has not power of his own body but… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:1257A…or. vii, 5). And again: "The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife" (1 Cor. vii, 4). Therefore, she who leaves her husband… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:1063A…ce the great Paul says, "The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife" (1 Cor. VII, 4). The divine and holy canons and tomes,… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:213…him render the affection he added the wife has not authority over her own body but the husband likewise also the husband has not authority over his own body but the wife when therefore you see… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:217…the wife to her husband the wife does not have authority over her own body but the husband likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body but the wife cor having kept… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:807…also the wife to her husband the wife does not rule over her own body but the husband likewise also the husband does not rule over his own body but the wife do not defraud one… Matthew BlastaresPG 144:1135…the other except it be with consent for a time and again the wife hath not power of her own body but the husband but if she should choose to withdraw out of a desire for… Matthew BlastaresPG 144:1201B…ain from their own wives, yet by mutual consent, according to the word of that great Paul, that "the husband hath not power of his own body," and what follows [1 Cor. 7:4]. And the fifth and the thirteenth of… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1155…have his own wife and again come together to the same place that satan tempt you not for your incontinency what then did not even the just men of old partake of the creation with thanksgiving… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1177A…y Father of all things that exist, who instructs for salvation as a father, and threatens with fear. CHAPTER XII. He explains the words of the Apostle, I Cor. VII, 5, 39, 40, and other passages of Holy Scr… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:417…in which one ought to pray do not defraud one another unless it be with consent for a time… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:553…ercourse has occurred—not indeed illicitly, but that which is granted "by way of concession, not by way of command," according to the apostolic words (1 Cor. vii, 5). For if one cannot attend to prayer as one ought unless, b… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1633A…e number of times; which Millius, in Proleg. 1478, seems to have believed concerning the citations of the Fathers. Truly, the whole passage in the edition of 1 Cor. vii, 5 reads thus: Εἰ μή τι ἂν ἐκ συμφώνου πρ… Timothy I of Alexandria d. 385 (bishop 380-385)PG 33:1299…ought not since the apostle cries out defraud ye one another not except it be with consent for a time that ye may give yourselves to prayer and come together again that satan tempt you not… Timothy I of Alexandria d. 385 (bishop 380-385)PG 33:1305A…to propose that they abstain from mutual relations, and on which ones do they have authority? » Answer. « What I said before, I say again: The Apostle says, ⟦I Cor. VII, 5⟧ "Defraud ye not one the other, except… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:553…h xxix that the passage defraud ye not one the other belongs to one who is instigating the reader toward virginity h having said therefore the wife hath not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:555B…, even if He is kindly, clement, and merciful, does not allow us to be forgiven easily. Therefore he says, "That ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer" [1 Cor. 7:5]. What, then, is more bitter than this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:587C…rment and food. It is possible, however, for the man who has a wife to reduce himself to that philosophy. For what he said above, "Do not defraud one another" (1 Cor. 7:5), was spoken only of intercourse: for i… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:279B…d (Acts 14:23). And again the Apostle: Do not deprive one another, he says, except [by consent] for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer and fasting (1 Cor. 7:5). Do you see how fasting has need of th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:817A…ing, take care that you fulfill the apostolic precept: Do not deprive each other, except perhaps by consent, that you may be at leisure for prayer and fasting (1 Cor. 7. 5).… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:153…one another unless it be by consent for a time that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer meaning by this b prayer with greater earnestness for if he forbids those joined to one another… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:311A…permission, he has forbidden it, as one who puts them to shame. Just as when he speaks of the wife, saying: But I say this because of your incontinence (1 Cor. 7:5). But when he was speaking of prophecy,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:145C…y. And if you wish, I will also speak by way of example, how one must converse with her. For if Paul did not refrain from saying, "Do not deprive one another" (1 Cor. 7:5), and uttered the words of a matchmaker… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:425…a matchmaker) to fit the young people together. But I am not ashamed to say these things; since neither was Paul ashamed to say, Defraud ye not one another (1 Cor. VII, 5), which seems more shameful than this;… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:689C…d clothing, we shall be content (1 Tim. 6:8). But concerning wives he says: Do not deprive one another, except by consent; and again: Come together again (1 Cor. 7:5). And you can often see him legislating… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:39A…t of the Lord" (1 Cor. VII, 25)? Did you not say, "Marriage is honorable" (Hebr. XIII, 4)? Did you not say, "Defraud you not one the other of the benevolence" (1 Cor. VII, 5)? Why do you now preach purity? And the… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1097C…tes, saying: Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves unto prayer, because marriage ought to be chaste [1 Cor. 7, 5]. He says again: Yet she shall be save… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:271…first because they are accustomed to embrace continence more than men vers defraud ye not one the other unless it be by consent for a time that ye may give yourselves unto fasting and prayer and… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:273…added for a time he also taught what time saying that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer for it is necessary for fasting to be honored by holiness after the fast he permits intercourse… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:539…the other unless it be by consent for a time that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer and return together again c he called defrauding the cessation of marital relations that happens against the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1055…things he added for a time that you may have leisure for fasting and prayer and come together again into the same thus having measured the laws to nature he also states the cause lest satan… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:899…ts, III, 957. ἀποστερήσωμεν ἑαυτοὺς τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ προσκυνήσεως, IV, 1068, let us not withdraw ourselves, let us not deny it to Him. (Thus Paul ἀποστερῶν, 1 Cor. vii, 5, where ἀλλήλων must be supplied). ἀπ… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:257B…ying hold of the husband and the wife, he binds them together in this way, and cries out and shouts: “Do not defraud one another, except perhaps by agreement” (1 Cor. vii, 5). Do you practice continence, and do yo… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:1041B…ink of the cup" (I Cor. XI, 28). And again: "Do not deprive," he says, "one another, except by consent, when you are to approach the prayer of holy communion" (I Cor. VII, 5). And David also, and those with him, s… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:1247…abominable thing be subjected to the same anathema for the apostle says defraud ye not one the other except it be with consent for a time and again the wife hath not power of her own… Nicetas Stethatos c. 1005–c. 1090PG 120:1037A…occupied with divine sacrifices or the office of baptism? For if Paul writes to the Corinthians, saying: Abstain for a time, that you may be free for prayer (1 Cor. 7:5); and this he certainly commanded even… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:639…aside some time in order to abstain from one another that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer he interprets how he said for a time namely when there is a season to be free… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1265…way paul wrote to the corinthians do not defraud one another unless it be with consent for a time that you may give yourselves to prayer and again come together again lest satan tempt you for… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:1257A…abhorring marriage, let her be anathema." BALS. The great Paul says to those who are joined together: "Defraud ye not one the other, unless it be by consent" (1 Cor. vii, 5). And again: "The wife hath not power o… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:893C…sent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer; and come together again, so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.' (I Cor. VII, 5)." Bals. The interrogation is concerni… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:899…what i have said before i say again now the apostle says defraud ye not one the other except it be with consent for a time that ye may give yourselves to prayer and come together… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:961B…nd drink of the cup" (1 Cor. XI, 28). And again: "Do not deprive," he says, "each other, except by consent, for a time, that ye may give yourselves to prayer" (1 Cor. VII, 5), when they are about to approach the h… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:327D…ad said, "Do not defraud one another, unless perhaps by consent for a time, that you may be at leisure for fasting and prayer, and return again into the same" (I Cor. 7:5); so that you do not think it is a law… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:613…not since the apostle cries out do not deprive one another unless with consent for a time that you may devote yourselves to prayer and again come together so that satan may not tempt you because… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:807…except by consent for a time that you may be free for fasting and prayer and come together again that satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self control but i say this… Matthew BlastaresPG 144:1135…be an abominable thing for the apostle says defraud ye not d one the other except it be with consent for a time and again the wife hath not power of her own body but the… Matthew BlastaresPG 144:1201A…in obedience to divine Paul who says: "Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to prayer and fasting" [1 Cor. 7:5], clearly understanding the fasting in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:613D…quent intercourse, not as a legislator, but showing indulgence to them: But I speak this by permission, and not by commandment, because of your incontinence (1 Cor. 7:6); so also here, for the sake of a great… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:635B…of thing which Paul wrote to the Corinthians regarding the congress of men with wives. He subjoined, “But I say this by way of concession, not of command” [1 Cor. VII, 6], because this judgment was not brought… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:273…he accommodated these laws to human weakness the following shows c vers but i speak this by permission and not by commandment for i would that all men were even as i myself in continence he… Pierius of Alexandria fl. c. 265-309PG 10:243…forth the sense of the apostle and had proposed to explain that i would that all men were even as myself he added a b c d these things says paul he preaches virginity outright h… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1679B…itly say the former rather than the latter, it is clear that he speaks of the former; for he treats a famous passage of Paul concerning marriage and virginity (1 Cor. vii, 7). It is, moreover, a wonder that in our… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:535C…d wishes all men to abstain from marriage, He who has Christ speaking within Himself is a witness: "For I wish," he says, "that all men be as I am, continent" (1 Cor. 7:7). But the Savior, sparing us, and knowi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:557C…y. XXXVI. That virginity is called a gift by the Apostle for the sake of humility. "But each has his own gift, one in this way, and another in that" (1 Cor. 7:7). Behold the character of apostolic hum… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:559A…sentence, "I want all men to be as I am, continent," again saying, "But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them if they remain as I am" (I Cor. VII, 7, 8), again setting himself forward for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:563C…is a concession that leaves the option free to the listener. Therefore, discussing continence, he says: "I wish that all men were even as I myself, continent" (1 Cor. 7:7); and again, "But to the unmarried and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:613C…hough he was unwilling, to ordain this law for them. For if you wish to know the will of Paul, hear what he says: I would that all men were even as I myself (1 Cor. 7:7), in self-control. Thus that blessed ma… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:41…center, not puffing himself up, nor blowing himself up, but becoming a model for others; as when he says: "I wish all men to be even as myself in continence" (1 Cor. 7:7). So too David, when the occasion calls… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:13A…rish. For He does not punish them by necessity, but by will. Such a thing one might observe also in Paul, as when he says: I wish all men to be even as myself (1 Cor. 7:7); and again, I wish the younger women t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:135A…nds?" (Isai. I, 12). How then did He command them Himself? By condescending to their capacity: just as Paul says, "I would that all men were even as I myself" (I Cor. VII, 7) in continence; and again elsewhere, ex… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:97…this the most wise paul makes evident to us saying i wish that all men were even as i myself but each of us has his own gift from god one in this way and another… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:273…c vers but i speak this by permission and not by commandment for i would that all men were even as i myself in continence he indicated both perfection and allowed what was lesser and his… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:539…things he says but i speak this by permission not by commandment for i would that all men were even as i myself in continence but everyone has his proper gift from god one after this… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:375…his own wife for everyone he says hath his proper gift from god one after this manner and another after that in this way also the savior says a grain cast into fertile ground brings forth… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:619D…five, others into four. For we are not all equal in the consideration of religion. For each one of us has a peculiar gift from God, one thus, but another thus [I Cor. VII, 7]. But if one is caught in the act and a… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:795A…eavenly places. Yet not all in one and the same way; but, if we believe the Apostle, according to tribes and families, some indeed in this way, others in that (1 Cor. VII, 7). Wherefore He adds the Levites and th… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:839B…as in the case of Achar, profitably for the people, so that they may be angry with the guilty. Hence He commands... 45 67 Ps. xxxiv, 12. 68 Rom. xii, 7. 69 I Cor. vii, 7. 70 Ps. lxxvii, 21, 22. 71 Ps. lviii, 1… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1895…a measure of grace has been granted by god for paul says i would that all men were even as myself but each one of you has his own gift from god one thus and another… Nicetas Stethatos c. 1005–c. 1090PG 120:1037A…ocreation, but on account of future continence. For he did not reject those who are whole in body, he who says: But I would that all men were even as myself (1 Cor. 7:7). And he declares it more openly, sayin… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:641…you and a commandment which it is not lawful to transgress vers for i would that all men were even as myself where he commands a difficult thing he is accustomed to bring himself into the… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:41…must absolutely be a married man for how could he who says i would that all men were even as i myself c but because the time then required such things if it happens he says… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:79…he prophesies i say he says to the unmarried and to the widows it is good for them if they remain even as i but if they cannot exercise self control let them marry for it… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:225…note concerning the character and depth of paul s sentiments col a it is good for them if they remain even as i from these words of paul arises a very difficult question whether st paul… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1015…old testament and paul saying but i say to the unmarried that it is good for them if they remain as i am but if they do not contain themselves let them marry how then did… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1047…unmarried he said but i say to the unmarried and to the widows it is good for them if they so remain even as i how then did he use this expression art thou bound unto… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:559…the heavens for those who have christ dwelling within them she said it is good for them if they remain even as i did you not have the highest peak to ascend you take the goodness… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:561…he himself says that i say to the unmarried and to the widows it is good for them if they remain even as i but if they do not have self control let them marry and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:563…temperance and again but i say to the unmarried and to the widows it is good for them if they remain as i am but in the discourses concerning virginity he nowhere brought himself forward for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:565…about continence he neither put i think nor any cause but simply it is good for them if they remain even as i but here i think it to be good and he does this not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:157A…d to the widows, it is good for them if they remain as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn (1 Cor. 7. 8, 9). Is it not, then, they say, the sam… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:153…how do you add i say to the unmarried and to the widows it is good for them if they remain even as i but if they do not practice continence let them marry have you… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:871…as god vii but i say to the unmarried and to the widows it is good for them if they so continue even as i the israelites were exceedingly prompt and inclined toward any pleasure whatsoever… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:873…of glory therefore paul rightly says to the unmarried and to the widows it is good for them if they remain even as i but to those who are married i command not i but the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:273…were mourning their widowhood as to what is fitting to do vers i say therefore to the unmarried and widows it is good for them if they abide even as i he showed again that he… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:585…where he counts himself among the celibate i say therefore says he to the unmarried and widows it is good for them if they abide even as i and it is clear that whether he was… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:541…union for i say he said to the unmarried and to the widows it is good for them if they remain as i am but if they do not exercise self control let them marry for… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1145B…And again: "But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them if they so remain, even as I; but if they do not contain themselves, let them marry" (1 Cor. vii, 8, 9). And elsewhere: "But fornication an… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:621…another in that but i say to the unmarried and to the widows it is good for them if they remain as i am since he had accused them sharply by saying because of your lack… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…for your incontinency but i say to the unmarried and to the widows it is good for them if they so continue even as i but if they do not contain themselves let them marry for… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:725…other than his wife but i say to the unmarried and to widows it is good for them if they remain as i am but if they do not contain themselves let them marry for it… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:641…be married vers but i say to the unmarried and to the widows it is good for them if they remain even as i but if they do not contain let them marry for it is… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1291A…I say, however, to those who are not married and to widows, it is good for them if they remain as I am: but if they cannot contain themselves, let them marry (I Cor. vii, 8, 9). Moreover, because they swear by th… Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:455…marriage is honorable that the apostle says to the unmarried and the widows it is good for them if they remain even as i that the virgins shall be led to the king d that there… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:939C…uaded that he who defends second marriages just as much as first, provided they are performed rightly, prohibits such men from the episcopate. For he who said (1 Cor. vii, 8): I say, therefore, to the unmarried a… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:807…gift from god one in one way and another in another d i say therefore to the unmarried and to the widows it is good for them if they remain as i am but if they… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:373…to be superior to their own strengths to them the apostle says it is better to marry than to burn these men would indeed be blameworthy if they attacked virginity on that account or if they… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1099…of providing for the necessities of life and as for the saying it is better to marry than to burn they say the apostle wishes to say do not cast your soul into the fire resisting… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1197…a well therefore he says it is better to marry than to burn so that the husband may render the debt to the wife and the wife to the… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:1599…marriage or wedlock is to whom second marriages are conceded everlasting marriages it is better to marry than to burn the blessing is bestowed by the presbyter upon those marrying by the laying on of hands… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:983…burned by passion just as in those of whom the apostle says it is better to marry than to burn this same thing was also in sarah because the ways of women had ceased for sarah… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:79…they remain even as i but if they cannot exercise self control let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn even here he persists in preferring self control for taking himself as… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:783…so then both he that giveth his virgin in marriage doeth well for it is better to marry than to burn and he that giveth her not doeth better affiancing her not to a mortal man… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:549…from marriage fearing the burden and anxiety of providing for a household it is better to marry than to burn a therefore beware that you do not cast your soul into the fire for this they… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:561…it but to those but if they do not have self control let them marry for it is better to marry than to be burned do you see that nowhere is marriage admired in its own… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:157…they remain as i am but if they cannot exercise self control let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn cor is it not then they say the same thing as if… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:153…one who does not attain to it fearing lest some fall occurs for it is better to marry than to be inflamed he revealed how great is the tyranny of desire and what he says is… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:561B…wrestling match again, and was crowned again; but the son showed nothing of the sort. On account of this, also, he said, It is better to marry than to burn (1 Cor. 7. 9); and Christ, He that is able to recei… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1115…what he wills he does not sin if he marries and again it is better to marry than to be burned the same is true regarding every virtue god himself demands it of us according to… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:275…to each sex vers but if they do not exercise self control let them marry for it is better for them to marry than to be inflamed by inflammation he does not mean the annoyance of… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:541…remain as i am but if they do not exercise self control let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn by burning however he did not mean the irritation of desire but… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:621…the one who has not attained continence fearing lest a transgression occur for it is better to marry than to burn but to those who are married i command not i but the lord that a… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…so continue even as i but if they do not contain themselves let them marry for it is better to marry than to be burnt but to them that are married not i but the lord… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:377B…refore, having been led astray, have turned to marriage, wrongly interpreting that saying of the Apostle: "If they do not restrain themselves, let them marry" (1 Cor. VII, 9). And they do not know that after the v… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1091B…s, and the thing being done is allied to harm. For the divine Apostle himself hinted at this when he said: "If they cannot contain themselves, let them marry" (1 Cor. vii, 9). For incontinence, having lost the str… Leo VI the Wise 866–912PG 107:621…injustice and what might one say but they say paul said a it is better to marry than to be aflame so that by the burning the union might be unhindered you who bring paul into… Nicholas I Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 852-925PG 111:207…the cause of this abominable luxury to the great apostle who said it is better to marry than to burn oh the wondrous wisdom of those who understand these words in this way how beautifully they… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:725…they remain as i am but if they do not contain themselves let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn theod he showed himself again to be of the company of the… Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1145…books marriage is honorable and the bed undefiled hebr xiii and again it is better to marry than to burn i cor vii and again what god has joined together let not man put asunder matth… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:641…them if they remain even as i but if they do not contain let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn you see the wisdom of paul how he shows that continence… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:815A…of the laws. A second marriage is a remedy for fornication, not an occasion for lasciviousness. If they do not restrain themselves, let them marry, he says (1 Cor. vii, 9); yet let them not, in marrying, violat… Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:459…that he is easily overcome let him marry according to that condition for it is better to marry than to be burned lest while he is unable to guard himself he fall into the depths of… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:459…second marriages are a remedy for fornication not an occasion for debauchery if they cannot contain let them marry he says but let them not while marrying violate the law but these people do not even… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:807…remain as i am but if they do not exercise self control let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn but to those who are married i command not i but the… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1211…in christ and further saying yet more clearly to those who are married i command yet not i but the lord that the wife depart not from her husband but and if she depart let her… Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:909…other burden than these necessary things similarly paul says i say and not i but the lord let not a wife be separated from her husband b and again they passed through the phrygian and galatian… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:541…exhortation is the lord s exhortation for when he says but to the married i command yet not i but the lord and again but to the rest i say not the lord he does not… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:539…which follow are of the same sentiment but to them that are married i command yet not i but the lord that the wife depart not from her husband but if she depart let her remain… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:739…that hath obtained mercy of the lord and unto them that are married i command yet not i but the lord and the prophet o lord i will speak judgments unto thee why do the wicked… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1211…i but the lord that the wife depart not from her husband but and if she depart let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband and that the husband put not away his wife… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:851…not be separated from her husband but if she should be separated let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband and that a husband should not put away his wife that it is not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:561…be separated from her husband but if she is even also separated let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband and that a husband not send away his wife d m what then if… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:563A…er away" (Deut. 21:1). But to the gentle, and to those whom He does not permit even to be angry, He says: "But if she has separated, let her remain unmarried" (1 Cor. 7:11). Do you see the necessity, the inevita… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:153…not be separated from the husband but if she is also separated let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband and that the husband should not leave the wife since because of continence and… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:275…a wife should not depart from her husband but if she does depart let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband and that a husband should not divorce his wife he recalls the evangelical… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:539…but the lord that the wife depart not from her husband but if she depart let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband and let not the husband put away his wife so far… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:707…wife do not seek a wife thus in verse he had said and let not the husband put away his wife c secondly if st luke had wished to signify some other woman and not the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…wife depart not from her husband and if she depart that she remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband and let not the husband put away his wife now concerning virgins c i have no… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:727…not be separated from her husband but if she is even separated let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband and let a husband not dismiss his wife since he is about to speak… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:737…but as was said before for even a little before he says but and if she depart let her remain unmarried therefore because of both what was said before and what is said now so that… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:643…let a wife not depart from her husband but if she departs let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband and let a husband not put away his wife since divorces occur for the… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:807…not be separated from the husband but if she has been separated let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband and let not the husband send his wife away ibid but concerning virgins i… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1211…to her husband and that the husband put not away his wife but to the rest speak i not the lord if any brother down to the text but now are they holy b what then… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1001D…flesh and was crucified to be another: since the Deity can never be separated from itself, nor changed. For not even the Apostle thought of two, when he said (I Cor. VII, 12): 'Since therefore Christ suffered for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:563…legislated with great authority c thus writing to the rest i speak not the lord if any brother has an unbelieving wife and she consents to dwell with him let him not leave her why then… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:859D…Gentile, he is by no means forced to cast her out. "If any man," he says, "has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to dwell with him, let him not leave her" (1 Cor. 7:12); but if she is a harlot and an adulter… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:231C…d to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And if any woman hath a husband that believeth not, and he consent to dwell with her, let her not put him away" (1 Cor. 7. 12, 13). Do you see how much indulgence th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:609…he says if any man has an unbelieving wife and she is pleased to dwell with him let him not leave her b but he who puts away his wife except for the cause of fornication… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:643…her be reconciled to him ver but to the rest i say not the lord if any brother has an unbelieving wife and she consents to live with him let him not put her away and… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:27C…ry" (Ibid. 32). Through Paul, however, He enacts this law: "If any man has an unbelieving wife, and it pleases her to dwell with him, let him not dismiss her" (1 Cor. 7:12). But if she be an adulteress,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:599B…s upon them, he himself has in turn loosened them. If any woman, he says, has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not leave him (1 Cor. 7:13). For what cause? For how knowest thou,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:353A…u see how great an evil this is? For, He says, if any faithful woman has an unfaithful husband, and he is well-pleased to live with her, let her not leave him (1 Cor. 7:13). But regarding a harlot, it is not so;… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:153…if any woman has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her let her not leave him just as when discoursing about being separated from fornicators he made the matter easy by the correction… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:623…any woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her let her not leave him he does not bid one who had an unbelieving wife before receiving grace to put her away… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:151D…ich she obtained by continuous prayers to God, beseeching Him night and day with tears and fastings: "The unbelieving man is sanctified by the believing wife" (1 Cor. vii, 14). Non-… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:771…fear of god h question cxxi h since the apostle says that the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife and likewise the unbelieving wife by the believing husband is it therefore permitted for a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:353A…er of a harlot? And consider the excess: she who dwells with an unfaithful one is not unclean (For the unfaithful husband is sanctified in the wife, He says (1 Cor. 7:14)); but in the case of the harlot, it is… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:153…woman might not fear as becoming unclean through the union he says for the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband and yet if he who is… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:87B…ven if one be worldly and secular, he is a saint: "For the unbelieving husband," he says, "is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife in the husband" (1 Cor. 7:14). See how faith effects sanctification.… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:307…believer for whether he is a secular person he is a saint for the unbelieving husband is sanctified he says in the wife and the unbelieving wife in the husband do you see how faith makes… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:519…is willing to live with her let her not leave her husband for the unbelieving husband is sanctified in his wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in her husband a what then is the rationale… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:275…and he consents to live with her let her not divorce him for the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife and… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:277…the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband otherwise your children would be unclean but now they are holy a he does not legislate… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:623…who is already endowed with grace from taking an unbelieving wife b for the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband otherwise your children would be… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:643…willing for consents means exactly this if he is willing d ver for the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband this is by the abundance of… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:765D…instance, intending to show that a faithful wife is not harmed by living with an unbelieving husband, he said that "the unbelieving husband has been sanctified 1 Cor. VII, 14 by the wife"; not saying this, that the… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:761…with the believing husband or vice versa let them not be separated for the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife and vice versa arist d the marriage contracted with heretics is void but those who… AnonymousPG 2:623C…at I might see, and therefore took away my hearing so that I might perceive with my ears the truth, which I once mocked through ignorance; and this indeed (a) I Cor. VII, 14.… Pantaleon the Deacon unknownPG 140:513B…e little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven' (Matth. xix, 14); and again, the Apostle says, 'Now, however, your children are holy' (I Cor. vii, 14), it is manifestly certain that as clea… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:949A…and fights against it, being less concerned with how to please God, let him call to mind the Apostle, who says: "But God has called us in peace" (I Cor. VII, 15). And let the commandment of the Lord b… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:611B…always be done toward other men? Since, between a husband and a wife, this necessity is dissolved, as he says: "But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart" (1 Cor. 7:15); that is, perform what lies with you,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:141D…s, if we do our part, but the woman does not follow? But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases (1 Cor. 7. 15). But when you hear of fear, do not exa… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:277…but if the unbeliever departs let him depart for the brother or sister is not under bondage in such cases the believing party he says should not provide a pretext for separation but if the ailing… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:623…overcomes the uncleanness of the unbelieving wife but if the unbeliever departs let him depart a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases namely if because of the marriage he commands you… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:729…be unclean but now they are holy but if the unbeliever departs let him depart a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases but god has called us in peace for if… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:731…for this reason good to be rid of it a brother or sister is not under bondage in such cases a believer he says whether man or woman is not under such necessity in the case… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:645…is better to dissolve the marriage than piety for the brother or sister is not under bondage in such matters but god has called you in peace if he contends with you he says because you… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:567D…nd in spiritual matters.) What, then, he says, shall we say to Paul, whose words are these: "For how knowest thou, O woman, if thou shalt save [thy husband]?" (1 Cor. 7:16). And if he declares her a necessary he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:569B…harms him. That the thing is indeed among the very difficult matters, hear what he says: For what do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? (1 Cor. 7:16). We are accustomed to use this manner… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:145…erefore the blessed Paul, the teacher of the world, foreseeing all these things, cried out: For how do you know, O husband, whether you shall save your wife (1 Cor. 7:16)? Nevertheless, it is a man's duty, tha… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:231D…not drive her away." "For what knowest thou, O woman, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?" (1 Cor. 7. 16). See how He does not forbid an unbelie… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:339…Judith and many others worthily performed the duty of commanders. Therefore Paul says: "For what knowest thou, O woman, whether thou shalt save thy husband?" (1 Cor. VII, 16). We know that Priscilla worked hard in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:539C…of the whole world, Paul, most beloved, writing from that same rule to the Corinthians, say: “For how knowest thou, O woman, if thou shalt save thy husband?” (1 Cor. 7:16). But now let us reach the subject prop… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:669A…if this were the case, how would he have said to the woman who has an unbelieving husband, "For what do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband?" (1 Cor. 7:16)? How would he have permitted the admon… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:1291A…ng to the sentiment of the blessed Paul, because it is obscure what may happen (for "what do you know, woman," he says, "whether you shall save your husband?" [1 Cor. VII, 16]), how shall she be blameless who disso… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:731…god has distributed to each one as the lord has called each one so let him walk and so i ordain in all the churches again he moves on to one who wants to remain and… John Pearson 1613-1686PG 5:129B…; some things are taught, others are mandated. From the former emerged the didascaliai, from the latter the constitutions or diataxeis; as St. Paul says, I Cor. VII, 17: "And so I ordain in all the churches,"… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:381…away but the apostle also gives a ruling saying is any one called being circumcised let him not become uncircumcised first anyone who wishes can declare that he says these things apart from the discourse before… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:21…deservedly cast this very one away furthermore the apostle commands saying was any man called being circumcised let him not draw forth his foreskin first anyone will see that the apostle is saying these things beside… Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1499…uncircumcision; or if any man is called in uncircumcision, let him not be circumcised: for both are nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God" (73) (I Cor. VII, 18). Since, therefore, circumcision can sa… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:263…anyone called while circumcised let him not draw it over is anyone called in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised they say that this tradition of the wretched opinion was discovered by esau the brother of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:155…was anyone called circumcised let him not bring on uncircumcision was anyone called in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of god let… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:277…decreeing what is appropriate for everyone d vers was one called while circumcised let him not become uncircumcised was anyone called in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:623…is anyone called while circumcised let him not draw forth is anyone called in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of god each… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:161…the circumcision in other places he says again was anyone called while circumcised let him not become uncircumcised was anyone called while in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:733…esau for this reason god says i have hated esau was anyone called in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised oecum for it is likely that by some treatment one could return the circumcision to its… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:647…are participating in this they might be more ready for obedience verse is any man called being circumcised let him not draw forth the foreskin it was likely that many who were ashamed of their circumcision… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1235…to the same legislator elsewhere again he says was anyone called while circumcised let him not become uncircumcised was anyone called in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but… Bernard de Montfaucon 1655-1741PG 43:377B…l already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was any one at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision" (1 Cor. vii, 18). They say that this nefarious error wa… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:567…wine gladdens it whatever is said concerning continence and the observances and the keeping of the commandments of god these can be seen as the wheat from which bread is made and which comforts the hearts… Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1499…is called in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised for both are nothing but the keeping of the commandments of god i cor vii since therefore circumcision can save no one it is not to be… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:597…doing them once we have heard this is the knowledge of god the keeping of the commandments of god why is there not an over curious investigation regarding the essence of god why not inquiry into… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:677…is also for us let those who are young adorn themselves through the keeping of the commandments of god and not become idle in their prime like absalom who lived in wickedness and had a head… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:697…c the saints and those who live piously exult and rejoice in the keeping of the commandments of god and having god as father they have also become heirs of his testimonies and they possess these… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:235C…n us and them." When he spoke of their testimony, then he uttered that great statement which Paul says: "Neither circumcision is anything, nor uncircumcision" (1 Cor. 7:19), and, "That He might create in Himself… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:155…on uncircumcision was anyone called in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of god let everyone remain in the vocation in which he… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:211…be profitable and what would bring gain to man clearly it is the keeping of the commandments of god b xxviii to hippasius the tribune just as there is a fast of foods so also is… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1377…a thing for he said to those of the blood of israel circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of god and again for i say to you that if… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:497…is the mystery here let us look again the blessed paul said circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing did god the lord of all command through the all wise moses that a thing which is… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1045…in your ears and hearts most excellently therefore the learned paul said circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of god but since it is always somehow his habit to… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:521…of the body but in the sole will to obey divine precepts circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing and lest he who declares that that which is judged worthy of great honor in the law… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1043…a blessed paul said circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but to this perhaps some might say did god the lord of all therefore ordain that nothing… Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:685…confession and the care we must take not to sin ch that the keeping of the commandments of god confirms the knowledge of him concerning charity without which there is impiety in which there is an… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:277…become uncircumcised was anyone called in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of god neither let anyone who was called in uncircumcision receive… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1239…their deeds follow this evil counsel shall not return after death to the keeping of the commandments of god nor will they acknowledge their labors which firmly lead to god nor shall they be apprehended by… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2659…of god c whence the apostle says to those from the circumcision circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of god and again if you be circumcised christ shall profit… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:623…draw forth is anyone called in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of god each in the calling in which he was called… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1419A…e me, keep my commandments. If any one loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him.” I Cor. VII, 19. — “Circumcision is nothing, and uncirc… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1401…of right action let the eye of your heart be awake for the keeping of the commandments of god do not stop the ear of your soul from hearing the voice of the teacher learning and… Joseph the Hymnographer c. 816–886PG 105:945…into excessive talking it is manifest according to the divine david that the keeping of the commandments of god is facilitated and broadens for him who does not stumble with his tongue having attained this the… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:161…uncircumcised was anyone called while in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but attend now but the keeping of the commandments of god not of gods now of the… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:733…foreskin was anyone called in uncircumcision do not let him be circumcised circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of god let each one remain in the calling in which… Nicetas the Paphlagonian c. 885 – after 963PG 105:21…nobility of their ways and the excellence of their character and by the keeping of the commandments of god they ennobled the whole of israel these people while being rich as has been said in virtue… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:647…believing he says therefore that these things contribute nothing to faith b circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of god everywhere this is sought the doing of virtue along… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1235…become uncircumcised was anyone called in uncircumcision let him not be circumcised circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of god clearly of one and not of two gods of… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:255…of you will be the chiefest shall be servant of all and let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called so that one may not be puffed up for one against another… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:369C…IV. — On order, status, and sequence; and that these must be kept everywhere. "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called, brethren." (I Cor. vii, 20). Order is the mother of all things. ⟦D… Nicetas Stethatos c. 1005–c. 1090PG 120:1015…the Jews do, sitting in the shadow and darkness of the law, in no way believing Paul who says: "Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide" (I Cor. vii, 20 and 24). For you will not find at all i… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:1257A…ummit of salvation, such as Saint Melane, Saint Eugenia, and others. ZONAR. "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called," says the Apostle (1 Cor. vii, 20). The canon, therefore, does not wish w… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:973A…will be loyal to the one and despise the other. Everyone, therefore, according to the apostolic word, "in whatever state he was called, in that let him abide" (1 Cor. 7:20), and reside in one Church. For those t… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:837…though under another name saying hast thou been called being a bondman care not for it but if thou mayest be made free use it rather for he that is called in the lord being a… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:839…said wert thou called being a bondslave let it not concern thee but if thou mayest be made free use it rather because among those who are married the liberty of one s own continence produces… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:599D…it may be established that servitude follows not nature, but sin? This can also be said about servants. "Art thou called being a servant? Care not for it" (1 Cor. 7:21). Do you see how he again shows the nam… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:703…, even blessed Paul, giving the best counsel to them, said: "Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather" (1 Cor. 7:21); that is, persist in servitude. This… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1179…brethren in that let him remain with god if for he who is called in the lord being a servant is a free man of the lord he is bound by law for as long as… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:837…for it but if thou mayest be made free use it rather for he that is called in the lord being a bondman is the freeman of the lord likewise he that is called being free… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:599…use it rather that is remain rather in servitude for what cause for he that is called in the lord being a servant is the lord s freeman ibid v do you see that servitude exists… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:613…if you can be made free rather use it for he who is called in the lord being a slave is the lord s d likewise he who is called while free is a servant of… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:647…make use of your servitude for a purpose verse for he who is called in the lord being a slave is the lord s freedman likewise also he who is called being free is christ s… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:837…he that is called being free is the bondman of christ you are bought with a price be not made the bondslaves of men these things indeed seem to some to be inserted contrary to reason… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:509C…ness, and let us become ourselves, and let us recognize the honor which God has given to us, and let us listen to Paul shouting: "Do not become slaves of men" (1 Cor. 7:23); and let us cease being slaves to wome… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:563C…kes the way of access to his speech easy after the exhortation to the slaves. For, he says, "You have been bought at a price; do not become the slaves of men" (1 Cor. 7:23). Having recalled them, and having erec… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:239BLatin…lle, tunc pretium erogamus. Christus autem non ita; verum et pretium erogavit pro omnibus nobis pretiosum sanguinem suum. Pretio enim, inquit, empti estis (1 Cor. 7, 23): et tamen neque sic cogit sibi servire… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:841A…riate for us—led us up in this way, having reminded us of the cross and of the blood of the Master: You were bought with a price; be not the servants of men (1 Cor. 7:23). Consider, he says, the price paid for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:537B…or us—led us in this way, by reminding us of the cross and the blood of the Master. You were bought with a price, he says; do not become the slaves of men (1 Cor. 7:23). Consider, he says, the price paid for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:523C…t were done by us afterwards are not given liberally, but are debts. For indeed when he says: You have been bought with a price, do not become slaves of men (1 Cor. 7:23), he signifies this same thing; and whe… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:177A…mself being so studiously scorned by you. But we have become slaves of men, I know not whence, though Paul cries out everywhere: Do not become slaves of men (1 Cor. 7. 23). Whence, then, have we become slaves o… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:849B…ecoming to us—thus led us up, reminding us of the Cross and the blood of the Lord: For ye were bought with a price, he says; be not ye the servants of men (1 Cor. 7:23). Consider, he says, the price paid for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:875D…elf despised by you with such zeal. But I know not whence we have become slaves to men, while Paul is crying out here and there, "Do not become slaves to men" (1 Cor. 7:23). Whence, then, I ask you, have we beco… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:721…lord are no longer servants of men as c the apostle says be not ye the servants of men but even if we are servants in body we are free in spirit and we are not… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1179D…sleep, she is free to marry whom she wishes. (54) Bishops. He refers to 1 Tim. iii, 4, 5. He says similar things below, page 472. (55) Each... Refers to 1 Cor. vii, 24: "Each one in that state wherein he was… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1167A…er that the task be taken away from him. For he does not keep the commandment of Him who said: "Each, brothers, in what he was called, in that let him remain" (1 Cor. vii, 24); and, what is more effective for corre… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1171…or work as one who keeps the command of him who said brethren let every man wherein he is called therein abide the inspector of common discipline d having examined the matter shall grant pardon but… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1177A…n and more laboriously than usual, until he learns to observe what was said by the Apostle: "Each one in that in which he was called, in this let him remain." (1 Cor. vii, 24). QUESTION CXLII. Ought craftsmen to r… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1179A…e cannot physically hasten to join the others, let him not be troubled, accomplishing what is said: Each one, in that in which he was called, let him remain (I Cor. VII, 24). However, one must be careful lest any… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:559B…may deprive and despoil them of their own. Wherefore the Apostle cries out, "Each one in the state in which he was called, brothers, in this remain before God ⟦1 Cor. VII, 24⟧." Were you called as one who gives… Nicetas Stethatos c. 1005–c. 1090PG 120:1015…and darkness of the law in no way believing paul who says brethren let every man wherein he is called therein abide i cor vii and for you will not find at all in divine scripture… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1013…but i speak this by indulgence not by commandment and again but concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord but i give counsel as having obtained mercy of the lord to be faithful but… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:693…others but this i say not the lord and again in others i have no commandment of the lord but i give counsel and again what i speak i do not speak according to god whence… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:933…commandments and is done above what is due the apostle paul says concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord but i give my counsel as having obtained mercy from the lord this work is… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1275…offered over and above what is owed hear finally paul saying but concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord b thus therefore regarding spiritual and more perfect things he spoke of communion but regarding… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:81…the virgins i have no command of the lord but i give judgment as one that hath obtained mercy of the lord to be faithful i think therefore that this is good for the present distress… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1151…the same and the will which suffers no division otherwise paul says concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord yet i give judgment as one who has obtained mercy but the son receives a… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:779…and we are showing them its pure luster from every side but concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord yet i give my counsel as one that hath obtained mercy of the lord he… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:781…of his own however being asked he imitates the lord and says now concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord for nowhere do i find neither in the law nor in the gospel that… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:823…e present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife (I Cor. vii, 25-27), etc. That it is permitted to no man… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:329…and where in your case is fulfilled the text now concerning the virgins i have no commandment of the lord but i give my opinion as one who has obtained mercy to be faithful and again… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:535D…ho choose it. Thus, also Paul, insisting on the footsteps of the Master, says, "Concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord, but I give counsel" (1 Cor. 7:25). III. That the detestation of marr… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:555…able therefore paul too following in the footsteps of the master says now concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord but i give my counsel but neither marcion nor valentinus nor manes endured this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:557…y of command." But where there is concession, praise would have no place. But also, when discussing virgins, he says: "I have no command of the Lord" (1 Cor. 7:25). Perhaps, then, the matter is trivial? Far be it! For… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:563C…with these words: "Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful" (1 Cor. 7:25). But, he who also had no commandment c… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:565…from a fellow servant i give my judgment he says as having obtained mercy of the lord to be faithful it is worth admiring here the great ingenuity and understanding of the blessed one and how… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:569C…est. He began from virginity, and before saying anything about it, he immediately took refuge in the discourse about marriage; for the I have no commandment (1 Cor. 7:25) is that of one not imposing, but intro… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:589…wherefore he was not content with his former exhortations but after saying i have no commandment of the lord and if the virgin marry she hath not sinned he says here again not that i may… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:787D…tes by these words: "But concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord, but I give counsel, as one having obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful" (1 Cor. 7:25). For because he was a servant and a mi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:317C…eaves the hearer master of his own choice. For this reason Paul also says: Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord, yet I give my judgment (1 Cor. 7. 25). Do you see not a commandment, but adv… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:711…to the free choice of those who hear therefore also paul says now concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord meaning i commend him who achieves it but i do not force him who… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:157…up his mind and making it lofty he says now concerning the virgins i have no commandment of the lord but i give an opinion as one who has received mercy from the lord to be… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:563…rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded cor and discussing virginity he says i have no commandment of the lord and i speak this for your profit not that i may cast a snare upon you cor… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:39A…e unto God." What do you beseech, Paul? What concern is it of yours regarding virgins? Did you not say, "Concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord" (1 Cor. VII, 25)? Did you not say, "Marriage is honorab… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:341B…neither the old law nor the new preaching of the Gospel has prescribed this to us. And so Paul says: “Concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord.” ⟦1 Cor. vii, 25.⟧ But those who are very zealous for pi… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:279…his exhortation he then proceeds to propose another piece of legislation ver now concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord for the lord when the apostles said if such is the case of the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:533…it for this reason the divine apostle also speaking of virginity says i have no commandment of the lord for the lord has not laid down a law regarding virginity but i give my judgment as… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:311…they use it for admonition and counsel as when the apostle says concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord but i give my gnome b that is counsel sometimes however it is used for… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1045B…. For sometimes it signifies an exhortation, as the divine Apostle says: "Now concerning the virgins I have no commandment of the Lord, yet I give my gnome" (1 Cor. vii, 25). Sometimes it signifies a plan, as whe… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:625…called brothers in that let him remain with god b concerning the virgins i have no commandment of the lord but i give my opinion as one who has received mercy from the lord to be… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…let not the husband put away his wife now concerning virgins c i have no commandment of the lord but i give counsel as having obtained mercy of the lord to be faithful i think therefore… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:505…for sometimes it signifies an admonition as when the apostle says 'concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord but i give my gnome ' sometimes counsel as when the prophet says 'they have devised… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:15…said he who commits fornication sins against his own body chapter seven concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord chapter fifteen when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to god and the father… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:735…exhorts one to be subject and obedient in that slavery everywhere vii now concerning virgins i have no commandment from the lord but i give an opinion as one who has obtained mercy from the lord… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:925…permitted to paul both to determine and to command for he says i have no commandment of the lord yet i give counsel as one who has obtained mercy of the lord to be faithful… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:649…to masters more than is necessary a h vers concerning virgins however i have no commandment of the lord but i give counsel as one who has obtained mercy from the lord to be faithful h… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:857B…consilium," sometimes signifies an "admonition," according to that of the Apostle: Concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord, but I give counsel (1 Cor. vii, 25). Sometimes it means "counsel," as in t… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:739…itself and sometimes speaks the things of god as when paul says concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord yet i give my judgment as one that hath obtained mercy of the lord and… Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:765…itself and sometimes speaks the things of god as when paul says concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord but i give an opinion as one having obtained mercy from the lord and to… AnonymousPG 106:1153…however it is concerning almsgiving what is it that the apostle says now concerning virgins i have no commandment of the lord i praise he says the one who accomplishes it but i do not force… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:77…when he says now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me it is good for a man not to touch a woman b showing clearly from that very point that it is good not to… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:81…that hath obtained mercy of the lord to be faithful i think therefore that this is good for the present distress because it is good for a man so to be art thou bound unto a… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:849…more beautiful or better to me than to cleave to you wherefore i say that it is good for me to cleave to god for if there is no one good but one god from where… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:781…that hath obtained mercy of the lord to be faithful i think therefore that this is good for the present distress that it is good for a man so to be art thou bound unto a… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:823…as one that hath obtained mercy of the lord to be faithful i suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress i say that it is good for a man so to be art… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:551…many but also of the rewards laid up for the virgin therefore it is good for a man not to touch a woman why then do you permit him to touch because of fornication he says… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:569C…I have no commandment (1 Cor. 7:25) is that of one not imposing, but introducing marriage. Then, coming to virginity and saying that I think this is good (1 Cor. 7:26), since he saw that the name being cons… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:571D…own. I think, he says, that he neglected it, or deemed it unnecessary to speak of this, because of future goods, saying, "On account of the present necessity" [1 Cor. 7:26]. Then again, having spoken, "But if a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:225D…rginity; for having said nothing concerning the heavens there, he urges them for the time being from these present things, saying: "For the present necessity" (1 Cor. 7.26); and, "I spare you" (ibid. v. 28); and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:151…a cor concerning those things however about which you wrote to me it is good for a man not to touch a woman but because of fornication let each man have his own wife and each… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:159…homily xx h now concerning the things whereof he wrote unto me it is good for a man not to touch a woman nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own wife a it… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:179…believe even in the evangelical preachings for the blessed paul writes saying it is good for a man not to touch a woman but because of fornication let each man have his own wife and let… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:271…vii h vers now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me it is good for a man not to touch a woman he clearly shows that he is making his replies regarding those matters about… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:533…having received the ministry of the proclamation by divine decree i think therefore that this is good for a man so to be and he added i think not doubting the things regarding which he was… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:625…i think therefore that this is good because of the present necessity that it is good for a man to be in this state are you bound to a wife do not seek a release are… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…lord b ibid now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me it is good for a man not to touch a woman but for fear of fornication let every man have his own wife and… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:633…and in this we rejoice and boast having been taught of course that it is good for a man when he has borne the yoke from his youth d it is indeed fitting to greatly admire… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:735…i consider therefore that this is good because of the present necessity that it is good for a man to be so are you bound to a wife do not seek a release are you released… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:649…and worthy to be entrusted with mysteries b h vers i think therefore that this is good for the present distress because it is good for a man to be so h in my judgment he… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:807…the flesh for these are opposed to one another i cor vii it is good for a man not to touch a woman but because of cases of immorality let each man have his own wife… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1153…neglecting of the body and the same man writes also these things art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife and again every… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:81…present distress because it is good for a man so to be art thou bound unto a wife seek not loosed art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife but and if thou marry… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:753…the amount of love for charity doth not behave itself unseemly and art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife but it is absurd that one who is eager to be free should under… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:781…present distress that it is good for a man so to be art thou bound unto a wife and d hast thou been overtaken by this bond before knowing the good that is in virginity seek… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:823…i say that it is good for a man so to be art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife i cor vii… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1045…are not well provided he does not sin and for this reason art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1047…so remain even as i how then did he use this expression art thou bound unto a wife seek not a release does it not seem that he is establishing a law contrary to the decree… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:159…thing why for the same cause that he set forth regarding continence art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife these things are… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:399D…iscourses without any distinction. But to those we shall say: "Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek release; are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife" (1 Cor. vii, 27), and whatever else it is fitting for t… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1223…for to those who have chosen the married life you shall say art thou bound unto a wife seek not a release to those who are in virginity thou art loosed from a wife seek not… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1097…might name, have their own opportune time, just as Paul says: Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not absolution. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife [1 Cor. 7, 27]. And Solomon says: All things have a… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:281…for a man because of the present necessity that it is so art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife he added i… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:533…was counsel not law b then he shows what he called good art thou bound unto a wife seek not a loosing art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife for foreseeing the deadly… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:707…thus verse art thou bound to a wife seek not a release art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife art thou bound to a wife do not seek a solution art thou loosed… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:817…word for some are addicted to the world to whom paul says art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife c others indeed… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…is good for a man so to be art thou bound to a wife seek not to be loosed art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife but if thou take a wife thou… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:733…and the apostle teaches marriage is honorable and the bed undefiled and art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed if therefore any one shall incite against the apostolic canons any one of… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:737…marriage he added god forbid for he makes this clear by saying art thou bound unto a wife seek not a loosing but as he says just as the one who is bound ought not to… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:1249…And furthermore, the Apostle says that marriage is honorable and the bed undefiled (Heb. XIII, 4). And again: ‘Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek a release’ (1 Cor. VII, 27). Therefore, whoever deprives a deacon,… Michael Cerularius c. 1000–1059PG 120:739…apostle teaches marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled and art thou bound unto a wife seek not loosing if anyone therefore should dare moving against the apostolic canons to deprive any of the… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1425…marriage a bond but virginity a release and freedom for he says art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife and again she… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:559…and the apostle teaching marriage is honorable and the bed undefiled and art thou bound unto a wife seek not a release we know however just as those who gathered at carthage did having concern for… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:353…a says art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife arist let marriages… Athanasius AlexandrinusPG 25:259…e might show his own exauctoration as testimony and proof in the very constitution of his successor." Nor is it any better below. 98 See the Royal edition. I Cor. vii, 27.… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:761…and the apostle teaches marriage is honorable and the bed undefiled and art thou bound unto a wife seek not loosing we know however as those also who met at carthage did and who taking care… Matthew BlastaresPG 144:1147…apostle says that marriage is honorable and the bed undefiled and again art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed wherefore whoever deprives a deacon or subdeacon or presbyter of his association with… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:81…not loosed art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife but and if thou marry thou hast not sinned and if a virgin marry she hath not sinned nevertheless such shall have trouble in… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:781…as if saying do not seek to be bound by a bond but and if thou marry thou hast not sinned and if a virgin marry she hath not sinned but such will have tribulation in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:315B…wish. That those who live in Christ gain the goods even of this life, Paul teaches, saying: "But I spare you," and again: "This I say for your own profit" (1 Cor. 7:28, 35). Do you see that he who cares for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:571D…ot sinned," and having passed over in silence the heavenly rewards of which she deprived herself, he says, "Such [people] shall have tribulation of the flesh" [1 Cor. 7:28]. Nor does he do this only thus far, bu… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:587D…ty both here and there, and here it is also rash and in vain, and what is more, annoying and miserable (for he says, "such will have tribulation of the flesh" [1 Cor. 7:28]), while there, which is a huge good, w… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:201D…the apostolic element shining here, and that sentence also being shown in the Prophet. What is this? That they shall have tribulation for the flesh who marry (1 Cor. 7:28). And just as those have tribulation, s… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:437…ators. But to accomplish this while remaining in a mortal body, consider what great praise it brings. Paul wrote of this to the Corinthians: "But I spare you" (1 Cor. 7:28), and "That they may not have tribulati… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:309…s hearers deeply. He did this also in the case of virginity. For after saying many things before it, and after these things again, then he says, I spare you (1 Cor. 7:28), and, I wish you to be without anxiet… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:641…mouth and saying to the women: "But if she also marries, she has not sinned." But let us look also at what follows: "But she is more blessed if she so remain" (1 Cor. 7. 28, 40). This is much better than that. Wh… Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1005…not subdue the madness arising from desire wrote such will have tribulation in the flesh but i spare you but since a great many despising the apostolic counsel as if it were not demonstrated by the… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1161…sin if he marries and again if you have married you have not sinned and if a virgin has married she has not sinned but such as these will have tribulation of the flesh but i… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:281…them and having said seek not a wife he subjoined vers but if thou marry thou hast not sinned and if a virgin marry she hath not sinned why then do you counsel us not to… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:533…not a wife he did not persist in the decree but added but and if thou marry thou hast not sinned and if a virgin marry she hath not sinned for he does not advise avoiding… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:625…wife do not seek a wife but if you marry you have not sinned and if a virgin marries she has not sinned but such as these will have tribulation of the flesh but i spare… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…a wife seek not a wife but if thou take a wife thou hast not sinned and if a virgin marry she hath not sinned nevertheless such shall have tribulation of the flesh and again but… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:737…listeners as though they could not grasp virginity otherwise photius the phrase but and if thou marry thou hast not sinned and what follows should be construed with what was said above by way of hyperbaton… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:649…for marriage is not impure h vers such however will have tribulation in the flesh but i spare you h he calls the worries and griefs in marriage a tribulation but i he says spare you… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:501D…reat interval from the bride, the king’s daughter. Vers. 16. They shall be brought in gladness and exultation. For the Apostle Paul has taught us (1 Cor. vii, 28) that women who prefer marriage to virg… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:413D…kinds receive the account; there is no necessity for the kinds of these." Vers. 45, "who also." H. St. 2. I. S. [reads] "from the Scriptures." Matth. XIX, 11; 1 Cor. VII, 28; Ignat. epist. 6. III 16. Vers. 11, "… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:809…do not seek a wife but if thou hast taken a wife thou hast not sinned and if a virgin hath married she hath not sinned nevertheless such shall have affliction in the flesh a ibid… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:433…while within they are truly miserable explaining this more accurately he added it remaineth that both they that have wives be as though they had none and those that buy as though they possessed not but… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:215…children of light the time is short it remains that those who have wives be as though they had none and those who use this world as though they did not use it the apostle commands… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1219…apostle says elsewhere the time is short it remains that those who have wives be as though they had none or as that other saying is redeeming the time because the days are evil he rejoices… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:83…married rather than abusing your own vessels for impurity he therefore adds but this i say brethren the time is short it remaineth that even they that have wives may be as though they had none… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:187B…ir own flesh—with the branches of the chaste plant, nor having hearkened to the one who says, "That even those who have wives may be as though they had none"? (1 Cor. 7:29) CAP. V. The Mystery of the Taberna… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:79…the cause why the practice of marriage is restricted where it says but this i say brethren the time is short it remains that even they who have wives be as though they had none and… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:781…for themselves through marriage a workshop of sorrows but i spare you but this i say brethren the time is shortened for the fields are white and already are they ready for harvest so that they… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:729A…ced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use this world, as though they used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away (I Cor. VII, 29-31). RULE XVIII That the commandme… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:73B…your shoes so as not to walk in them, that you may honor the holy man who preaches in the church and says: And those who have wives, as though they had none (I Cor. vii, 29). From that time on, Epiphanius no long… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:571D…is only thus far, but even to the end, and having omitted to commend the matter by future goods, he again flees to the same cause, saying, "The time is short" [1 Cor. 7:29]; and instead of saying "I desire you t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:587…the Romans: "For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is passed, and the day is at hand" (Rom. 13:11); and again, "The time is short" (1 Cor. 7:29), that they who have wives may be as th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:81D…ed, even in this, Paul commands the married to be like them: “The fashion of this world passes away, that those who have wives may be as though they had none” (1 Cor. 7:29). Thus, he says, I do not order you to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:911…nks in all things. "The time," he says, "is short: it remains that those who have wives be as though they had none; for the fashion of this world passes away" (1 Cor. 7:29). As if he said: I do not bid you to li… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:1049C…e monks. The time, he says, is short: it remains that those who have wives should be as though they had none: for the figure of this world is passing away (1 Cor. 7. 29). As if to say: I do not order you to d… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:567…, kings of the earth and all judges of the earth, hear that which is written: "The time is short; that those who have wives should be as though they had none" (1 Cor. 7:29). Let us renounce impiety and worldly d… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:719D…one; and those who buy, as though they did not possess; and those who use this world, as though they did not use it: for the fashion of this world passes away (1 Cor. 7:29-31). There is no need for gold or silver,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:27…it use these things as Paul commanded. They who have, he says, let them be as though they had not; and they who use this world, as though they did not use it (1 Cor. 7:29, 31): that we may attain to the promise… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:139D…d again in another place he says: "The Lord is near: be ye nothing solicitous" (Phil. 4:5, 6). For now our salvation is nearer; and again, "The time is short" (1 Cor. 7:29). What is, "Not forsaking our congregat… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:281…then he confirms what he calls for from another source b vers but this i say brethren the time is short the life of man is drawing toward its end the consummation of the present age… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:625…that the time is short the rest is that both those who have wives be as though they had none and those who weep as though they did not weep and those who rejoice as though… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:229A…the way is straight which leads to life, and there are few who find it.» I Cor. vii, 29, 30. — «The time is short; it remains,… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:235C…an clothing? Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feedeth them, » etc. 1 Cor. vii, 29-31. — « The time is short. It remaineth, t… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:739B…ed to God, if she marries, she brings an adulterer upon Christ, to whom she is betrothed. "But they shall have affliction in the flesh." "Those who marry" [I Cor. 7:29-31]. "But this I say, brethren, that the t… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:651…masters as was mentioned above vers but this i say brethren that the time is short it remaineth since he had said that they will have tribulation in the flesh lest someone might say but they… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:123…their own terms must abstain from their wives so that they may be as though they had none and if they should not do this they shall be removed from their ecclesiastical office but the rest… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:815A…consulting me about marriage that the fashion of this world passes away, and the time is short, that those who have wives should be as though they had none (1 Cor. vii, 29). But if anyone wrongly recites to me t… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:261…the time brothers is shortened the rest is that even those having wives be as though they had none and those weeping as though not weeping and those rejoicing as though not rejoicing and those buying… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:467…so that they may take hold of true life and again elsewhere but this i say brethren the time is short the rest is that even those who have wives should be as though they had… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:433…they that have wives be as though they had none and those that buy as though they possessed not but if he said this concerning marriage regarding which god said be fruitful c how do you… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:79…that even they who have wives be as though they had none and they that weep as though they wept not and they that rejoice as they that rejoiced not and they that buy as though… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:781…the profession of virginity as if they had bring disgrace upon virginity and they that weep as though they wept not… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:783…and they that rejoice as though they rejoiced not and they that buy as though they possessed not and they that use this world… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:729…that both they that have wives be as though they had none and they that weep as though they wept not and they that rejoice as though they rejoiced not and they that buy as though… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:587D…D⟧ a life philosophically and simply. For he signifies that he wants this by the corollary which follows: "And those who weep as though they were not weeping" (1 Cor. 7:30), and those who rejoice in property, as… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:281…they that have wives may be as though they had none vers and they that weep as though they wept not and they that rejoice as though they rejoiced not and they that buy as though… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:235…who have wives be as though they had none and those who weep as though they wept not and those who buy as though they possessed not and those who use this world as though they… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:739…who have wives be as though they had none and those who weep as though they wept not and those who rejoice as though they rejoiced not and those who buy as though they possessed not… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:651…that they that have wives be as though they had them not and they that weep as though they wept not and they that rejoice as though they rejoiced not and they that buy as though… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:979…t they are also ignorant of the passing away of heaven and earth; yet Paul was not ignorant of it, saying: “For the figure of this world passes away” (1 Cor. VII, 31). Then David solves their question. For when the figure of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:381…and those who use this world as though they did not use it for the fashion of this world passes away the temporal kingdom passes away so that the perpetual and eternal one may come just… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:611A…tement stand which is said: "Heaven and earth shall pass away" [Matt. xxiv, 35]; nor that which the Apostle says: "For the fashion of this world passeth away" [I Cor. vii, 31]; and that: "The heavens shall perish"… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1017A…in memory, and they shall not ascend upon the heart;” which is represented in II Peter III, 13, and Apocalypse XXI, 1. But on account of that passage of Paul, I Cor. VII, 31, “For the figure of this world passeth… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:275…nothing contrary or absurd in the holy scriptures indeed it is said the fashion of this world passeth away but not the world itself thus it is customary for the scriptures to call the change of… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:79…that rejoiced not and they that buy as though they possessed not and they that use this world as not abusing it for the fashion of this world passes away but i would have you without… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:595B…stars" (Luc. XXI, 25). For then, when the consummation of this mortal life has occurred, and the form of this world has passed away, according to the Apostle (I Cor. VII, 31), a new age will succeed. For in place… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:783…they rejoiced not and they that buy as though they possessed not and they that use this world as not abusing it for the fashion of this world passeth away but i would have you without… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:873A…tercepted by any intervening obstacles, do not on that account be deceived into thinking the world is without beginning or end. For the form of it passes away (1 Cor. vii, 31); and heaven and earth shall pass away… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:729…they rejoiced not and they that buy as though they possessed not and they that use this world as though they used it not for the fashion of this world passeth away i cor vii h… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1131B…dmonition, he persists in the same resolution, what is one to do with him? RESPONSE. The Apostle rejects abuse, saying: As using this world, not abusing it [I Cor. VII, 31]. For the measure of use is the unavoid… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:653A…he hymn; but in the present case he gathers nations and peoples with the psaltery. For when, according to the Apostle, "the fashion of this world passes away" (1 Cor. vii, 31), and Christ, King and God, appears… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1119…all for there is no contradiction or absurdity in the divine words for the fashion of this world passeth away it is said and not the world itself it is therefore the custom of the scriptures… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:587A…and anxious about money? The heavenly kingdom is at hand. Do you look to houses, luxury, and the rest of pleasure? "The figure of this world is passing away" (1 Cor. 7:31). Why then do you torment yourself with… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1055…and those who use this world as though they did not misuse it for the fashion of this world passes away but you do not wish to be constrained although all things are being constrained but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:331…ll the present life is a figure and a fallacy, and differs nothing from dreams. Therefore the blessed Paul wrote, saying: The figure of this world passes away (1 Cor. 7:31), showing that all human things are but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:395C…draw many others to their imitation. But since this seems to be difficult, at least let that other thing be done. For the fashion of this world passes away (I Cor. 7:31), and the present life is brief: and un… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:411C…t now, because through the grace of God religion has received greater increments, and according to the blessed Paul, "The shape of this world is passing away" (I Cor. VII, 31), let us leave behind the memory of our… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:821B…ay: The kingdom of heaven shall draw near (Matt. 4. 17). Likewise the Apostle: For the fashion of this world passes away; I want you to be without anxiety (1 Cor. 7. 31, 32). If therefore it is a virtue for u… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:531…shows that with the corruption of the body, the state of secular things will depart, he also wrote elsewhere: For the fashion of this world is passing away (1 Cor. 7:31). 24. For by hope we were saved, he s… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:597A…life; for nothing in it is remaining or stable. Therefore he also called it a "fashion"; and elsewhere again, "For the fashion of this world is passing away" (1 Cor. 7:31). For nothing is lasting or fixed, but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:719…and those who use this world as though they did not use it for the fashion of this world passes away cor there is no need for gold or silver there is no need for precious… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:281…they rejoiced not and they that buy as though they possessed not and they that use this world as though they used it not present things he says are foreign to us for we are passing… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:299…lasting city but we seek one that is to come and again for the fashion of this world passeth away and again godliness is profitable to all things having promise of the life that now is… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:347…earthly one he says is dissolved according to that which is said the fashion of this world passeth away and again he says set your affection on things above where christ sitteth on the right hand… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:569…have no continuing city but we seek one to come and again for the fashion of this world passeth away and again godliness is profitable unto all things having promise of the life that now is… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:235…and those who use this world as though they used it not for the fashion of this world passeth away s nili it is the mark of a perfect soul to be without anxiety but of… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:173D…⟧ (Eccl. 1:3), according to the voice of the most excellent prophet, and that the fashion of this world passes away, according to the doctrine of the wise man (1 Cor. 7:31), and according to the sentiment of the… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:739…and those who use this world as though they used it not for the fashion of this world passeth away since he said that they shall have affliction in the flesh lest someone might say but… Leo the Deacon 9th–11th c.PG 117:657D…SE (2) Agathias 4, B. Since many great wars happened in my time in many parts of the world, and broke out unexpectedly, and—as follows. (3) From St. Paul, 1 Cor. vii. 31. He alters the fashion of this world—… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:651…they rejoiced not and they that buy as though they possessed not and they that use this world as though they used it not if then those who have wives ought to be as though they… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:23…by signifies when it appears in the blessed paul when he says the fashion of this world passeth away b ver i write unto you little children because your sins are forgiven you for his name's… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1009…also be changed into incorruption being renewed for the apostle says that the fashion of this world passeth away and isaiah that the heaven shall be rolled up as a scroll others interpret this as meaning… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:261…buying as though not possessing and those using this world as though not abusing it for the fashion of this world passes away what is the time is shortened life is brief death is near this… Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:149C…to be enslaved once more?" (Gal. IV, 9); and: "For the creation was subjected to futility" (Rom. VIII, 20); and: "For the form of this world is passing away" (I Cor. VII, 31); and: "They became fools, and worshipp… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:83…to be without solicitude he that is without a wife is solicitous for the things that belong to the lord how he may please god but he that is with a wife is solicitous for the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:79…as not abusing it for the fashion of this world passes away but i would have you without carefulness he that is unmarried is careful for the things that belong to the lord how he may… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:783…as not abusing it for the fashion of this world passeth away but i would have you without carefulness he that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the lord how he may please… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:857C…this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction (I Cor. VII, 32-35). REGULA LXXVIII That it is not… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:919C…the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God: but he that is married is careful for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife" (1 Cor. vii, 32, 33). Thus also the Lord bore witne… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1189B…s" (ὁ γὰρ ἄγαμος μεριμνᾷ), which Galesinius had edited as "marriage for these things of God cares": he had not noticed that Paul's words were being used from 1 Cor. 7:32: "He who is without a wife is anxious f… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:315A…il and the waves of life, sit in a safe and high place. For what could be safer, what higher, than to have a single concern: "How one ought to please God" (1 Cor. 7:32)? Have you seen, Theodore, the shipwrec… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:529B…, and women with men, suppressed these anxieties, Paul would not have said, while exhorting them to self-control, But I would have you to be without anxiety (1 Cor. 7:32), as if even by this he were urging us… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:555C…e and resounding flame. And does anyone still, I pray, dare to compare marriage with virginity, or even to contemplate it? But blessed Paul does not permit it [1 Cor. 7:32-33], who puts a huge difference between th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:571D…heavens, and to be reckoned far more illustrious than those who are married," he again adopts the position of saying, "But I desire you to be without concern" [1 Cor. 7:32]. And he does not do this here only, b… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:587B…st calls us to a life free from care? "For I want you," he says, "to be free from anxiety. He who is without a wife is anxious for the things of the Lord" (1 Cor. 7:32). 74. Why, since he wants us to be… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:303D…. For nothing so torments the soul as care and anxiety. Thus also Paul, exhorting to virginity, offered his counsel thus: But I wish you to be without anxiety (1 Cor. 7:32). Furthermore, when he says that the mo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:159…for other things in truth belong to the present life that namely but i would have you without carefulness yet that too he remits to their own power for he who after having shown that which… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:309…nity. For after saying many things before it, and after these things again, then he says, I spare you (1 Cor. 7:28), and, I wish you to be without anxiety (1 Cor. 7:32). This he also does in the matter of to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:567…dead and where we ought to place this woman the living care for the things that belong to the future life which is the true life what the future life truly is upon which it behooves… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1011…and he adds the unmarried man is anxious about the things of the lord how he may please him but the married man is anxious about the things of the world how he may please his… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:65…will never possess the being father for this too is one of the things that belong to the begetter but the son will remain lacking nothing of the things that belong to the father even if… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:163…shall we reply and i will add the argument concerning these things for the things that belong to the highest substance by nature specifically and properly are its fruits but if one examines the matter more… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:283…the following b the unmarried man is anxious about the things of the lord how he may please the lord but the married man is anxious about the things of the world how he may please… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:533…the one who has married with the one who has embraced celibacy he that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the lord how he may please the lord but he that is married… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1055…he who is unmarried he says is concerned for the things of the lord how he may please the lord but he who is married is concerned for the things of the world how he may… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:925A…you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please his wife, and he is divided (I Cor. vii, 32, 33). For from that time forward, as if… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:925A…says: But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God (I Cor. vii, 32). In which words he denounces the life… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1783…and again he who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the lord how he may please the lord and may complete his work so that he may be glorified eternally for those who are… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:1267…on account of the flesh and was called one of the humans for the things that belong to the parts are predicated properly of the whole which consists from them because it properly receives whatever things… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:625…he who is without a wife is anxious for the things of the lord how he may please the lord but he who is married is anxious for the things of the world how he may… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…to be without solicitude he that is without a wife is solicitous for the things that belong to the lord how he may please god but he that is with a wife is solicitous for the… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:593…blessed paul saying the unmarried man is anxious for the things of the lord how he may please the lord but he who is married is anxious for the things of the world how he may… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:739D…He said "fashion" to show that the things of the present world are only for a time, and do not have anything durable or firm. "I wish you to be withoutCare." [I Cor. 7:32-34]. "He who is unmarried cares for the th… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:231…say all thy things are mine for indeed the master has all the things that belong to the servant but the servant does not have all the things that belong to the master in this place… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:651…the eyes and are superficial d having nothing firm and substantial vers but i would have you without carefulness how indeed can we be without carefulness if we remain celibate he therefore adds he that is… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1425…thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife and again she that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the lord that she may be holy both in body and in spirit she… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:123…with the fear of god and give to the poor for if the things that belong to the church and the things that belong to the bishop are intermingled then after his death either the church… Isaias AbbasPG 40:1127…old whoever loves his soul that he may not lose it keeps the things that belong to the new man but whoever seeks rest in this short span of life embraces the things that belong to… Evagrius PonticusPG 40:1253…but the unmarried man he says is anxious about the things of the lord how he may please the lord and he will produce the evergreen and immortal fruits of the heavenly life b ii such… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:809…flesh a ibid he who is celibate cares for the things of the lord how he may please the lord but he who has married a wife is anxious for the things of the world how… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1415…soul does not drink god but for god for the saint thirsts for the things that are of god as the sinner does not thirst for the things that are of god but for things pertaining… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:891…for when the gentiles who have not the law do by nature the things that are of the law these having not the law are a law unto themselves who show the work of the law… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1095…have said that is into the spirit and the flesh he handed the things that are of the spirit which he also called the spiritual law to us but the things that are of the flesh… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1229…from god but he who is still of the world and savors the things that are of the world and seeks the things that are of the flesh is necessarily subject to the ministers of the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1123…us pelusiotae and beasts and animal men because we do not receive the things that are of the spirit baronius misses the meaning of this saying and commands that pilosiotas be read instead of pelusiotas because… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:79…he may please the lord but he that is married is careful for the things that are of the world how he may please his wife and is divided and the unmarried woman and the virgin… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:299…reason jerusalem has fallen and their tongues with iniquity do not obey the things that are of the lord for jerusalem which had until now been bound together by the hand of the lord in a… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:719…two are divided the woman and the virgin the unmarried woman cares for the things that are of the lord that she may be holy in body and spirit b therefore she who is solicitous for… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:783…things that belong to the lord how he may please the lord but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world how he may please his wife and the woman that… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:857…things that belong to the lord how he may please the lord but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world how he may please his wife c there is a… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:919…how he may please god but he that is married is careful for the things that are of the world how he may please his wife cor vii thus also the lord d bore witness to… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1067…to the spirit for they who are according to the flesh savor the things that are of the flesh but they who are according to the spirit savor the things that are of the spirit for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:587D…y. This is what it is to have a wife and not to have one, to use the world and not to abuse it. "He who is with a wife is anxious for the things of the world" (1 Cor. 7:33). Therefore, since there is anxiety bot… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:589…to bodily and spiritual standards but she that is married he says careth for the things that are of the world how she may please her husband with great wisdom he did not descend to an… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:375…the spirit not as confounding the hypostases but as signifying one dignity for the things that are of the father are the son's and the things that are of the son are the father's and yet… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1011…may please him but the married man is anxious about the things of the world how he may please his wife c if therefore it is not possible to serve god without anxiety why do those… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1131…but he who is with a wife is anxious about the things of the world how he may please his wife and is divided this distinction is kept here by the same author in book vi… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:205…of the lord but he who is married cares for the things of the world how he may please his wife and he is divided b but let us now dismiss the discourse concerning these things… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:573…means those who resist the divine and evangelical preaching because they savor the things that are of the world saying that b it does not know thee the righteous father for the god of this age… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:999…us lived in this world christ who indeed did not think upon the things that are of the world but rather stood forth as a model to us of a supermundane and most just life… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1107…he mostly speaks of the man that is he who cannot understand the things that are of the spirit of whom paul says but the animal man does not perceive the things that are of the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:283…please the lord but the married man is anxious about the things of the world how he may please his wife and the wife and the virgin are divided the unmarried woman is anxious about the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:533…things that belong to the lord how he may please the lord but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world how he may please his wife there is a difference… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:535…that which are of the world how he may please his wife a clearly therefore in these things he teaches the utility of virginity for he… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1055…the lord but he who is married is concerned for the things of the world how he may please his wife he said these same things also concerning women teaching that virginity provides a life free… Diadochus of Photice c. 400 – c. 486PG 65:1191…wise thoughts h chapter lxxi h how when someone begins to repudiate the things that are of the world then passions begin to be troublesome to him and among them especially anger and hatred and how… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:927…but he that is with a wife is solicitous for the things of the world how he may please his wife and he is divided he signifies a divided and imperfect life as one distracted into… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:447…transformed in such a way that we who until now have savored the things that are of the world now repudiating the delights of the present age we resolve to do those things which are pleasing… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:587…reasonings nor of contrived arguments ver but the animal man perceiveth not the things that are of the spirit of god he is animal who attributes everything to the reasonings of the soul and does not… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:625…the lord but he who is married is anxious for the things of the world how he may please his wife he is divided and the woman the virgin the unmarried is anxious for the things… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…but he that is with a wife is solicitous for the things of the world how he may please his wife and he is divided the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:345…the kingdom of god they that are according to the flesh mind the things that are of the flesh but they that are according to the spirit mind the things that are of the spirit for… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:593…the lord but he who is married is anxious for the things of the world how he may please his wife and the woman and the virgin are divided the unmarried woman is anxious for the… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:739…please the lord but he who is married cares for the things of the world how he may please his wife the married woman and the virgin are different the unmarried woman cares for the things… Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:645…luc xv and seeing they do not see the world and hearing the things that are of the world they do not hear luc viii for as it is handed down in letters concerning carnal men… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:375…you have been circumcised in the flesh yet have done nothing of the things that are of the law you are still uncircumcised and uncircumcised according to the spirit just as he who is still clothed… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:651…things that belong to the lord how he may please the lord but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world how he may please his wife how is it o… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1425…that she may be holy both in body and in spirit she that is married careth for the things that are of the world how she may please her husband let us see therefore how beautifully… Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:469…man even though he has received grace for this reason alone and for the things that are of the flesh as soon as he is begotten imprudently and without understanding seeks and desires them and this… Serapion of ThmuisPG 40:935…as paul says he who is married cares for the things of the world how he may please his wife and is divided a but you o wonderful souls longing for god remain inseparable from… Isaias AbbasPG 40:1159…you say that you have renounced the world and are caught doing the things that are of the world you have not renounced it plainly but you are deceiving yourself for he passed judgment on those… Isaias AbbasPG 40:1161…but he who is with a wife is anxious about the things of the world how he may please his wife and he is divided c vi let us therefore strive with our strength brothers that… Isaias AbbasPG 40:1181…the soul is so divided that it both seeks god and loves the things that are of the world for just as a bird cannot fly with a single wing so the soul cannot progress toward… Isaias AbbasPG 40:1189…them because they are not of it those who have left behind the things that are of the world have become worthy as you see to be the spouses of the lord jesus and to remain… Evagrius PonticusPG 40:1253…to the apostle he who is married is anxious about the things of the world how he may please his wife and he is divided and the woman who is married thinks about the things of… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:809…but he who has married a wife is anxious for the things of the world how he may please his wife likewise also the unmarried woman cares for the things of the lord how she may… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1189…different sowing in creation yes he says the unmarried man is anxious for the things of the lord but the married man how he may please his wife but what then is it not allowed for… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:39…woman cares about the things of the lord how she may please the lord that she may be holy both in body and in spirit says the blessed paul but many deeming the hearing and care… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:83…and the unmarried woman is solicitous for the things that belong to the lord that she may be holy both in body and in spirit but she that is married is solicitous for the things of… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:101C…ted from the remaining stains of vices and all depravity. For "the unmarried woman," he says, "thinks on the things of the Lord, how she may please the Lord," ⟦1 Cor. VII, 34⟧ not only so that she might not bring b… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:79…his wife and is divided and the unmarried woman and the virgin careth for the things of the lord that she may be holy both in body and in spirit but she that is married careth… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:253…for me in this matter saying the unmarried woman is anxious about the things of the lord that she may be holy in body and in spirit but she who is married is anxious about the… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:705…may please the lord just as the married woman is anxious about the things of the world how she may please her husband and both the wife and the virgin are divided c since it is… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:719…and the virgin the unmarried woman cares for the things that are of the lord that she may be holy in body and spirit b therefore she who is solicitous for the things of the world… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:759…or any such thing but that she might be holy and blameless both in body and in spirit and for this reason the virgin ought to be anxious how she may please the lord that she… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:783…belong to the lord how he may please the lord but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world how he may please his wife and the woman that is married… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:857…belong to the lord how he may please the lord but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world how he may please his wife c there is a difference also… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1787…lord finally i commanded and said that the unmarried woman thinks of the things of the lord that she may be holy in body a and in spirit finally i even pointed out to you the… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:373…forth the life of the unmarried because the unmarried woman alone cares for the things of the lord that she may be holy in body and in spirit and i was expounding the dignity of virginity… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:359…and spends it on human passions for the unmarried b man cares for the things of the lord but the married man cares for the things of the world but if the struggle against pleasures seems… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:397…is not possible to be in both for the unmarried man cares for the things of the lord while he who is married cares for the things of the world i say that those who are… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:329…is anxious about the things of the lord how she may please the lord that she may be holy in body and in spirit and how many things there are to be said concerning purity and… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:357B…any other things can be said! As the Apostle says: The unmarried woman and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, how she may please the Lord (1 Cor. VII, 34). He says this, to show that purity in… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1067A…y Apostle, who says: The unmarried woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how she may please the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit (1 Cor. VII, 34). He said this to show that a solitary… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:503D…that the woman/ and the virgin are divided? And "she that is unmarried thinks of the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit" (1 Cor. 7:34)? But you do not permit it, and listeni… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:539C…ly stand by and minister to God. Likewise also the virgin. Wherefore also Paul frees them from all solicitude, that they may be assiduous and undistracted (1 Cor. 7:34). But if, as they cannot ascend hence i… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:587…says that you be free from anxiety the unmarried man is anxious for the things of the lord c h lxxiv that the anxiety for the lord is lighter than worldly anxiety h how then does… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:589…she that is married he says careth for the things that are of the world how she may please her husband with great wisdom he did not descend to an examination of the actions themselves nor… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:613…spiritual things and of those in the heavens and to be anxious for the things of the lord so he also exhorts the widow to live saying and she that is truly a widow and desolate… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:303…Apostle Paul speaks, but to men also and to the whole Church, when he says that the soul remaining in virginity ought to be "holy both in body and in spirit" [1 Cor. 7:34]; and again, "Present your bodies a cha… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:747A…were already resounding with the song of Paul, "She that is not married thinketh upon the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit" (1 Cor. 7:34). Of virginity, the crown shall at once… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:559B…ly called her a virgin who was free from marriage and bridal intercourse, but also the one to whom those things that pertain to the worship of God were a care (1 Cor. 7:34). And even Christ Himself, showing… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:929C…be like? To ten virgins. Some think that the virgins spoken of here are those of whom the Apostle speaks: That they may be holy both in body and in spirit (1 Cor. 7:34). And a wise virgin is she who is a vir… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:93C…0). Thus, with them, holiness was this: to be rid of the laws of idolatry; but with us it is not so, but, That she may be holy, he says, in body and in spirit (1 Cor. 7. 34). Pursue peace and sanctification, with… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:549…has married cares for the things of the world and the bishop must not care for the things of the world how does he say the husband… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:579BLatin…hospitio recepit, si sanctorum pedes lavit, et similia omnia, propter assiduitatem posuit, et quia dixerat, Quæ autem innupta est, cogitat quæ Domini sunt (I Cor. VII, 34). Quod si de ætate nihil disputat, ne m… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:205…which are in the world for the unmarried man says paul cares for the things of the lord but he who is married cares for the things of the world how he may please his wife… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:845…delivered from every cause of offense for it is fitting that they be holy both in body and in spirit therefore let us put to death the passions and let us not have our own mind… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:19…es (ep. 82 and Hæret. Fabul. lib. v, c. 18. Cf. Garnerius, Dissert. II, c. 9, § 1); the books or discourses On Virginity (see his commentary on I Corinthians VII, 34; Opp. t. III, p. 155); five discourses On Saint John Chr… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:283…he may please the lord but the married man is anxious about the things of the world how he may please his wife and the wife and the virgin are divided the unmarried woman is anxious… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:533…belong to the lord how he may please the lord but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world how he may please his wife there is a difference also between… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1055…that state of life he who is unmarried he says is concerned for the things of the lord how he may please the lord but he who is married is concerned for the things of the… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:927…same paul adds but he that is with a wife is solicitous for the things of the world how he may please his wife and he is divided he signifies a divided and imperfect life as… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:625…to be without anxiety he who is without a wife is anxious for the things of the lord how he may please the lord but he who is married is anxious for the things of the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243…may please god but he that is with a wife is solicitous for the things of the world how he may please his wife and he is divided the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:593…let us hear the blessed paul saying the unmarried man is anxious for the things of the lord how he may please the lord but he who is married is anxious for the things of the… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:139…for the truth call it holy the unmarried woman he says cares for the things of the lord that she may be holy both in body and in spirit b if then the body is holy… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:739…wish you to be withoutcare i cor he who is unmarried cares for the things of the lord how he may please the lord but he who is married cares for the things of the world… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:741…for who is ignorant of worldly cares he who is unmarried cares for the things of the lord see how he exhorts them to virginity through the difference in care for to care for the things… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:157…be as i am says paul and he who has married cares for the things of the world how then is it just for the bishop to be concerned with worldly affairs certain ones from the… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:651…belong to the lord how he may please the lord but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world how he may please his wife how is it o paul that… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:653…choose the better and less burdensome ones the unmarried woman is careful for the things of the lord how she may please the lord that she may be holy both in body and in spirit but… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1425…again she that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the lord that she may be holy both in body and in spirit she that is married careth for the things that are of… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1211C…antly against the evil one, call it holy? The unmarried woman, he says, is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit (I Cor. vii, 34). But if the body is holy, how is it ev… Serapion of ThmuisPG 40:935…as paul says he who is married cares for the things of the world how he may please his wife and is divided a but you o wonderful souls longing for god… Evagrius PonticusPG 40:1253…that according to the apostle he who is married is anxious about the things of the world how he may please his wife and he is divided and the woman who is married thinks about the… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:237C…more diligently than those who never leave their women’s apartments—she was truly such as Paul requires, saying, That she may be holy in body and in spirit (1 Cor. 7:34). When she had filled her water jar an… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:339D…d, how she may please the Lord"; and again: "But I say this for that which is honest, and which may provide the ability to entreat the Lord without hindrance" ⟦1 Cor. VII, 34-35⟧—he signifies nothing else through thes… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:809…have affliction in the flesh a ibid he who is celibate cares for the things of the lord how he may please the lord but he who has married a wife is anxious for the things… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:83…leans more toward chastity for this he says i speak for your profit not that i may cast a snare upon you but for that which is honest h cap xiv virginity is a gift of… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:79…for the things of the world how she may please her husband and this i speak for your own profit not that i may cast a snare upon you but for that which is comely and… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:783…for the things of the world how she may please her husband and this i speak for your own profit not that i may cast a snare upon you but for that which is comely and… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:857…for the things of the world how she may please her husband and this i speak for your own profit not that i may cast a snare upon you but for that which is comely and… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1185…t to be thought of it; but he advised me that the adverb ἀπερισπάστως [without distraction], which our author uses a little later, alludes to that passage in 1 Cor. 7:35: ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸ εὔσχημον καὶ εὐπρόσεδρον… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:589…if the virgin marry she hath not sinned he says here again not that i may cast a snare upon you o ' one might reasonably ask how is it that above he called the matter… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:613D…for your own profit, he says, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction (1 Cor. 7:35). For he does not wish her to be divide… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:159…brought them in and restrained them more by way of concession saying and this i speak for your own profit not that i may cast a snare upon you but for that which is honest and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:563A…1 Cor. 6:7). And discussing virginity, he says, I have no commandment of the Lord, and, I speak this for your profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you (1 Cor. 7:35); but when he speaks about riches, he s… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:571D…equires of them great accuracy and supreme virtue. For when he says, "What is honest and what may afford capability without impediment to supplicate the Lord" (1 Cor. 7:35)—do you see that it is not enough if a… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:535…utility and to remove the necessity of the law from his words and this i speak for your own profit not that i may cast a snare upon you for i do not drag the unwilling… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:625…she may please her husband i say this for your own benefit not that i may cast a snare upon you but for that which is becoming and may provide opportunity to be assiduous to the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:245…but for that which is comely and that ye may attend upon the lord without distraction a he that loveth his wife loveth himself… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:741…and by woman he means her who is married this i say for your own profit not that i may cast a snare upon you but for that which is comely and for your being devoted… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:653…housewife while showing herself unmerciful and stingy vers and this i say for your own profit not that i may cast a snare upon you i began the discourse concerning virginity he says knowing the matter… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:783…comely and that ye may attend upon the lord without distraction b but if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin if she pass the flower of her age and needs so… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1045…household send greetings through the apostle or whence comes that apostolic saying if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin and it so happen let him marry he sinneth not but this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:589…thorns in the soul and choking the pure and heavenly seed oh' but if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin he says if she be past the flower of her age… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:159…for coitus is not evil but the impediment to philosophy is evil but if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin here he seems indeed to speak of marriage but he says… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:535…he continues to refute the law of the unspeakable heretics saying b but if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin if she pass the flower of her age and need so… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:653…distraction and wait upon him transferring all your care unto him vers but if any man think that he behaves himself uncomely toward his virgin if she be past the flower of her age and need… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:783…world than to please the lord through the enjoyment of pleasure but he that standeth stedfast in his heart having no necessity but hath power over his own will and hath so decreed in his heart… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:283…who have not yet chosen virginity ver but he who stands firm in his heart having no necessity but has power over his own will and has determined this in his heart to keep his own… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:535…says this concerning those who have not yet made covenants regarding virginity nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart having no necessity but hath power over his own will and hath so decreed in his… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:625…he does not sin let them marry but he who stands firm in his heart having no necessity but has power over his own will and has decided this in his heart to keep his own… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:653…a virgin as he says next vers but he that stands steadfast in his heart having no necessity but has power over his own will and has so judged in his own heart to keep… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:59…a sufficient witness saying so then he that giveth his own virgin in marriage doeth well but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better for the word did not intend to abolish the other… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:591D…se crederes, iterum discrimen edit, timide ille quidem, sed edit tamen his verbis: Itaque et qui matrimonio jungit, bene facit, et qui non jungit melius facit (1 Cor. 7. 38). Cæterum quanto hoc melius sit, hic no… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:285…a ver so then he that giveth his own virgin in marriage doeth well but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better he shows the former to be good and the latter… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:535…desires to keep his daughter chaste having given power he added c so then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better such are the definitions… PG 33 (anthology)PG 33:1239C…dis virginibus; Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, lib. III; Eusebius, lib. IV De vita Constantini, and other Fathers. What more, since the Apostle himself, 1 Cor. vii, 38, says that he who gives his virgin in m… Pope Callistus I c. 165-222 (pope 217-222)PG 10:127…is her ordination hence the apostle says the wife is bound to the law as long as her husband lives but if he is dead she is released from the law of her husband similarly the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:197…species and other figure says nevertheless that a woman is bound to the law as long as her husband lives but if her husband has died she is freed from the law of the husband so… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1233…the grace he possessed it was said c a woman is bound as long as her husband liveth but if her husband die she is at liberty let her marry to whom she will only in… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1245…vir ejus liberata est cui vult nubat tantum in domino a woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth but if her husband die she is at liberty let her marry to… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:747…is altogether branded by conscience as unlawful for this reason he says the wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:729A…e is no one who might dissolve the union, since the Apostle says: "If her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord" (1 Cor. vii, 39). XLII. Marriages without the consent… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1027…infirmity in this respect is tolerated for it is written a woman is bound by the law as long as her husband lives but if her husband dies she is free to marry whom she wishes… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:863…a man who goes whoring homil ii on that place a woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth but if he sleep she is free to marry whom she will only… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:659B…ecall this statement and imagine that Paul is present and pursuing her, crying out and saying: "The wife is bound to the law as long as her husband lives" (1 Cor. 7:39). By declaring this, he does not add: "… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1139…good is truly predicated paul defining the laws concerning women says a wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives but if her husband be dead she is free to be married… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:285…also deemed it necessary to give useful counsel to the widows ver the wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:805…often ordered this to be done b for the wife he says is bound by the law as long as her husband lives but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:243A…here are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take." I Cor. VII, 39. — "A woman is bound by the law as long… Nicholas I Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 852-925PG 111:19D…th marriages were forbidden, as may be seen in Leunclavius, Jure Gr.-Rom. t. I, p. 103. Nevertheless, the Roman Church, obeying the word of the Apostle Paul (I Cor. vii, 39: "A woman is bound by the law as long a… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:743…judging of these things he persuades one not to elocate vii a wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives but if her husband has fallen asleep she is free to marry… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:991…says 'but if the husband be dead she is free to marry whom she will only in the lord ' b he added this forbidding fornicating affections and congresses such as those with extraneous women and… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:655…not to give in marriage for it is a virtuous achievement vers the wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives but if her husband sleeps she is free to marry whom… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:713A…is no one who can dissolve the marriage; since the Apostle says, "If the husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord" (1 Cor. vii. 39). BALS. A certain widow wished to be j… Isaias AbbasPG 40:1175…is under a husband while he lives is bound by the law but if her husband be dead she shall be freed from the law of the husband therefore if while her husband lives she shall… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:217B…the law for as long a time as her husband lives; but if he dies, she is free to marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord. But she is happier if she remains so" (1 Cor. 7. 39, 40). 1. Recently the blessed Paul gav… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:217B…ree to marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord. But she is happier if she remains so, according to my opinion; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God" (1 Cor. 7. 39, 40). Let us therefore follow him today… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:219…remains and this crime is adultery for the woman is bound to the law as long as her husband lives and everyone who marries a woman who has been dismissed commits adultery a wait when when… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:221C…d by the law for as long a time as her husband lives; but if the husband has fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, [only] in the Lord." (1 Cor. 7:39) For what forgiveness could they have,… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:329C…ong as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. But she is happier if she so abide" (1 Cor. 7:39, 40). Just as, then, marriage is good,… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:899…is no one who might dissolve the union since the apostle says if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the lord there is no law… Pantaleon the Deacon unknownPG 140:569…means be heard for the apostle says to the corinthians a woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth but if her husband die she is at liberty let her marry to… Matthew BlastaresPG 144:1155…a second marriage for the words of the apostle are if the husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the lord that is to be joined to… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:853A…the Apostle, by which he blessed the Churches of Christ, inferior to all these. For he says even of himself: For I think that I also have the Spirit of God (1 Cor. VII, 40). In the Spirit of God, therefore, the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:601D…d continues in prayers and supplications night and day" (Ibid. v. 6-5). And writing to the Corinthians, he says: "But she is more blessed if she remains thus" (1 Cor. 7:40). You see how many are the encomia of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:611A…OF THE SAME, TO THE SAME, CONCERNING NOT CONTRACTING A SECOND MARRIAGE and said: But she is happier if she so remains (1 Cor. 7:40). So that no one might think the comman… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:617D…prefer her to one who has spent her twentieth and thirtieth year in marriage? Not I, but the blessed Paul; for he says, "But she is happier if she so remains" (1 Cor. 7. 40). For what if she indeed lived for a lo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:939A…, hear what Paul says. For that which he speaks, these are without doubt the words of the Spirit. "For I think," he says, "that I also have the Spirit of God" (1 Cor. 7:40). What, therefore, does he say here? ⟦B… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:633D…were of reputation," he does not mean this as if to deny that those were great; because he also says of himself, "I think also that I have the Spirit of God" (1 Cor. 7:40), as one using restraint, not as denyin… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:439A…Jesus Christ," showing that nothing was his own; for an apostle speaks the things of Him who sent him. And again, "I think that I also have the Spirit of God" [1 Cor. vii. 40]. And those things indeed he spoke all… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1139…free to be married to whom she will only in the lord but she is happier if she so remains according to my judgment i think also that i have the spirit of god what do… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:285…believer to a pious man in a chaste and lawful manner ver but she is happier if she so abide after my judgment again he has not laid down a law but has offered counsel and… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:745…might think such counsels are paul s and therefore human he adds that i have the spirit of god showing that these are legislations of the paraclete not mine he evinces great humility by saying i… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:217…she is free to marry whom she wishes only in the lord but she is happier if she remains so cor recently the blessed paul gave us instruction concerning marriage and the laws of marriage writing… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:329…liberty to be married to whom she will only in the lord but she is happier if she so abide cor just as then marriage is good but virginity is better so also a second marriage…