John Gill's Exposition on Matthew 19:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But he said unto them, etc.] With respect to the inference or conclusion, the disciples formed from what he had asserted: all men cannot receive this saying; of their’s, that it is not good to marry, but it is more proper and expedient to live a single life! every man, as the Syriac version renders it, is not hl qps, “sufficient”, or “fit”, for this thing; everyone has not the gift of continency, and indeed very few; and therefore it is expedient for such to marry; for what the disciples said, though it might be true in part, yet not in the whole; and though the saying might be proper and pertinent enough to some persons, yet not to all, and indeed to none, save they to whom it is given; to receive such a saying, to live unmarried with content, having the gift of chastity; for this is not of nature, but of grace: it is the gift of God.

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