ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 7 v35

TO PROMOTE GOOD ORDER, NOT TO RESTRAIN. AMBROSIASTER: What Paul has just said may seem harsh to some people, which is why he adds this here. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

FREE CHOICE OF INDIVIDUALS. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul makes his case for celibacy, but in the end he leaves it up to the free choice of the individual. If after all this he were to resort to compulsion, it would look as if he did not really believe his own statements. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 19.7.

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