1 Corinthians 7:32 (WEB)
But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
Catechism · 2
The Sacrament of Holy Orders
“Called to consecrate themselves with undivided heart to the Lord and to "the affairs of the Lord,"” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 7:32.
The Sacrament of Matrimony
“From the very beginning of the Church there have been men and women who have renounced the great good of marriage to follow the Lamb wherever he goes, to be intent on the things of the Lord, to seek to please him, and to go out to meet the Bridegroom who is coming.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rev 14:4; 1 Cor 7:32; Mt 2:56.
Fathers and councils · 27
Ambrose of Milan
“For she that is married taketh thought for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32, 34.
Read the whole comment“And he adds, “The unmarried woman and the virgin think of the things of the Lord, that they may be holy in body and spirit.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32, 33.
Read the whole comment“What is this?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29–32.
Read the whole comment“And a woman unmarried and a virgin is divided; she that is unmarried is careful about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit: but she that is married is careful about the things of the world, how to please her husband.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32, 33, 34
Read the whole comment“And where ought there to be more that “chaste fear abiding for ever and ever,” than in thee, who hast no thought of the things of this world, how to please a wedded partner; but of the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32
Read the whole comment“For, to pass over the rest, whence doth a virgin know, although careful of the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord but that haply, by reason of some weakness of mind unknown to herself, she be not as yet ripe for martyrdom, whereas that woman, whom she rejoiced to set…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32
Read the whole comment“…the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit: but she that is married, is anxious about the things of the world, how to please her husband.”” — editor's note: Ver. 29–34
Read the whole comment“…that is, men so use that freedom, as it is written, so as to have their thoughts of the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord; that is, that Continence at all times do take thought, that obedience fall not short in any matter: and this virtue, as the root-virtue, and (as it is wont to be called) the womb, and…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32
Read the whole comment“I would have you be without carefulness.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29–32.
Read the whole comment“I would have you be without anxiety.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 31, 32.
Read the whole comment““He that is unmarried,” he says, “careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32.
Read the whole comment“If it come into contact with two believers, one “caring for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord,” that is, building upon Christ the foundation, gold, silver, precious stones; the other “caring for the things that are of the world, how he may please his…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32
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John Chrysostom
“For having said nothing about the heavens there, for the time he urges it by things present, saying, “Because of the present distress,” and, “But I spare you,” and, “I would have you without carefulness.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 26, 28, 32.
Read the whole comment“Thus did Paul also, when urging to celibacy, give counsel, saying, “I would have you without carefulness.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32. [R.V., “to be free from care;” ἀμερμνου, a compound of the same origin as the word rendered “take no thought” in the A.V.—R.]
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Jerome
“But she that is married careth for the things of the world how she may please her husband.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32–34.
Read the whole comment“And why?” — editor's note: ib. vii. 32, 33.
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Tertullian
“For, since he says that married persons make this their solicitude, “how to please one another” (not, of course, morally, for a good solicitude he would not impugn); and (since), he wishes them to be understood to be solicitous about dress, and ornament,…” — editor's note: Sibi, “themselves,” i.e., mutually. See 1 Cor. vii. 32–35.
Read the whole comment“Thus he wills us to pass our life “without anxiety,” because “the unmarried care about the Lord, how they may please God; the married, however, muse about the world, how they may please their spouse.”” — editor's note: Vers. 32, 33, loosely.
Read the whole comment“He renders reasons, likewise, for so advising: that the unmarried think about God, but the married about how, in (their) marriage, each may please his (partner).” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32–34.
Read the whole comment“Be ye without carefulness, blessed (sisters): no wife is “ugly” to her own husband.” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Cor. vii. 32.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“So both the virgin and the unmarried woman consider those things which are the Lord’s, that they may be holy both in body and spirit.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32.
Read the whole comment“Thus also, both the woman and the unmarried virgin thinketh of those things which are the Lord’s, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit; but she that hath married thinks of those things which are of this world, in what way she may please her husband.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32–34.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.9On Virginity
““He that is unmarried careth for the things of the Lord; but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32 (R.V.).
Read the whole comment - Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.20On Virginity
“…between, and we cannot contract both, for “he that is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, but he that is married careth for the things of the world,” I repeat that it would be the aim of a sound mind not to miss choosing the more profitable one; and not to be ignorant either of the way which will lead it…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Sed quemadmodum “quæ non nupsit, sollicita est de iis, quæ sunt Domini, ut sit sancta corpore et spiritu:” ita etiam quæ nupsit, et de iis, quæ sunt mariti, et de iis, quæ sunt Domini, est in Domino sollicita, ut sit sancta et corpore et spiritu.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 32, 33, 34.
Read the whole comment“For I would have you without anxiety, in order to decorum and assiduity for the Lord, without distraction.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 28, 32, 35.
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Cross-references · 29
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 22.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.20.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.20.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.
Cited together in Catechism §1618.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.20.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Confessions II.2.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 39.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.5.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26.
Cited together in Confessions II.2.
Cited together in Catechism §1579 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §1618.
Cited together in Catechism §1618.
Cited together in Catechism §1618.
Cited together in Catechism §1618.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.20.
Cited together in Catechism §1618.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26 and 1 other place.