ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 7 v40a

REMARRIAGE NOT A SIN. HERMAS: If a wife or a husband falls asleep and the one left marries again, is that a sin? No, but if he remains single he covers himself with greater honor and glory in the sight of the Lord. SHEPHERD 4.4.

HAPPY, HAPPIER AND HAPPIEST. PELAGIUS: Happy is the woman who has a husband. Happier still is the widow who can remain chaste with little effort on her part. But happiest of all is the virgin, who can attain to the highest prize without struggling. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 7.

ENTIRE DEVOTION TO GOD IS HAPPIER. SEVERIAN OF GABALA: What Paul means is that she is blessed if she marries and has a husband to protect her, but she is more blessed if, for the sake of piety, she refuses marriage and devotes herself entirely to God. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

DEGREES OF HAPPINESS. THEODORET OF CYR: Note that Paul does not say that a woman who contracts a second marriage will be unhappy. Rather he says that she will be happier if she remains single. It is all a matter of degree. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 212.

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