1 Corinthians 7:33 (WEB)
but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
Fathers and councils · 12
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“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“…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““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. 33.
Read the whole comment“…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 wife,” that is, building upon the same foundation wood, hay, stubble,—the work of the former is not burned, because he has not given his love to things whose loss can…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 33. [See R.V.]
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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.
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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.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“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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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 22.
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 Confessions II.2.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Confessions II.2.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26.
Cited together in Confessions II.2.
Cited together in Confessions II.2 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26.
Cited together in The City of God XXI.26.
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.