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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on 1 Corinthians 7:27

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Illustrating the meaning of "so to be," Co1 7:26. Neither the married (those "bound to a wife") nor the unmarried (those "loosed from a wife") are to "seek" a change of state (compare Co1 7:20, Co1 7:24).
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