1 Corinthians 7:35 (WEB)
This I say for your own benefit, not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
Catechism · 2
"Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary"
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“Mary is a virgin because her virginity is the sign of her faith "unadulterated by any doubt", and of her undivided gift of herself to God's will.” — Catechism footnote: LG 63; cf. l Cor 7:34-35.
Christ's Faithful - Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life
“From apostolic times Christian virgins, called by the Lord to cling only to him with greater freedom of heart, body, and spirit, have decided with the Church's approval to live in a state of virginity "for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 19:12; cf. l Cor 7:34-36.
Fathers and councils · 12
Jerome
“…someone might suppose that he was laying the heavy burden of chastity on unwilling shoulders, he at once adds his reasons for persuading to it, and says:“And this I say for your profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 35.
Read the whole comment“Yet another passage bears unmistakable testimony to the view which we have taken of virginity and of wedlock: “The apostle casts no snare upon us, nor does he compel us to be what we do not wish.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 35.
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John Chrysostom
““The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord;”such are his words: and, “For that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 34, 35.
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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“Further, if we set down in order the higher and happier grades of bodily patience, (we find that) it is she who is entrusted by holiness with the care of continence of the flesh: she keeps the widow, and sets on the virgin the seal and raises the self-made eunuch to the realms of heaven.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 34, 35.
Read the whole comment“Thus, albeit he does not “cast a snare upon us,” he points out what tends to utility when he says, “The unmarried woman thinks on the things of the Lord, that both in body and spirit she may be holy; but the married is solicitous how to please her husband.”” — editor's note: Laqueum = βρόχον (1 Cor. vii. 35), “a noose,” “lasso” (“snare,” Eng. ver.). “Laqueo trahuntur inviti” (Bengel).
Read the whole comment“Presume, I pray you, that you have need of nothing if you “attend upon the Lord;” nay, that you have all things, if you have the Lord, whose are all things.” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Cor. vii. 35, esp. in Eng. ver.
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Ambrose of Milan
“We have then to speak of that usefulness which is full of what is virtuous, as the Apostle himself has laid it down in so many words, saying: “And this I speak for your own profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 35.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…women, in that they have thought of the things of the Lord, how to please God, added and saith, “But this I say for your profit, not to cast a snare on you,” that is, not to force you; “but in order to that which is honorable;” we ought not, because he saith that the good of the unmarried is honorable, therefore to…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 35
Read the whole comment“As saith the Apostle, “This I speak for your own profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 35.
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Clement of Alexandria
“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.
Read the whole comment“…that giveth his virgin in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not doeth better; as far as respects seemliness and undistracted attendance on the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 38, 35.
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in To His Wife I.3.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in On the Good of Widowhood Chapter 7.
Cited together in On the Good of Widowhood Chapter 7.
Cited together in On the Good of Widowhood Chapter 7.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.
Cited together in To His Wife I.3.
Cited together in To His Wife I.3.
Cited together in To His Wife I.3.
Cited together in Catechism §922 and 1 other place.
Cited together in To His Wife I.3.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 36.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 36.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.6.