1 Coríntios 7
Augustine of Hippo · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
1 Coríntios 7:5
According to this, if he had wished to practice continence but you had not, he would have been obliged to give in to you, and God would have given him credit for continence for not refusing intercourse out of consideration for your weakness, not his own, in order to prevent you from committing adultery. How much better would it have been for you, for whom subjection was more appropriate, to yield to his will in rendering him the debt, since God would have taken account of your intention to observe continence, which you gave up in order to save your husband from destruction. — LETTER 262, TO EUDICIA
1 Coríntios 7:5
It is not arduous and difficult for faithful married people to do for a few days what holy widows have undertaken and which holy virgins do throughout their lives. So let devotion be kindled and self-gratification be checked. — LENT 209.3
1 Coríntios 7:8
We must not understand these words to mean that widows are not unmarried because they once embraced the married state. Widows are unmarried, but not all unmarried are widows. That is why Paul makes a distinction here. — THE EXCELLENCE OF WIDOWHOOD 2
1 Coríntios 7:9
Why do you acknowledge that there is a necessary remedy for lust yet contradict me when I say that lust is a disease? If you recognize the remedy, then recognize the disease as well. — AGAINST JULIAN 15
1 Coríntios 7:12
We are here given to understand that neither spouse may divorce the other if both are believers. — QUESTIONS 83
1 Coríntios 7:15
A Christian husband may leave his wife without any blame, even if they are lawfully married, if she refuses to live with him because he is a Christian. — EIGHT QUESTIONS OF DULCITIUS 1
1 Coríntios 7:34
This should not be interpreted to mean that a married woman is not meant to be holy in body as well as in soul. — THE EXCELLENCE OF WIDOWHOOD 6
1 Coríntios 7:39
The death referred to here is clearly the death of the body, not of the soul. Forgiveness and attempts at reconciliation of the offending person are offered as better solutions than divorce. — ADULTEROUS MARRIAGES