28But there''s certainly no sin in getting married, whether you''re a virgin or not. All I am saying is that when you marry, you take on additional stress in an already stressful time, and I want to spare you if possible.
1 Corinthians 7 is Paul’s extended pastoral response to questions the Corinthian church had asked about marriage, singleness, and sexuality. The chapter navigates a tension: the Corinthians lived in a hyper-sexualized culture (Corinth), yet some had swung to the opposite extreme,
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