Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Corinthians 7:16
DISCOURSE: 1960THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY RELIGION1 Corinthians 7:16. What knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?WE, who live under laws generally known and acknowledged, have little conception what difficulties arose to the Church in the apostolic age, from the licentious habits of many upon their first conversion to Christianity. Those who had been brought up as heathens saw no evil in concubinage: and those who... read more
Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:19
1 Corinthians 7:19 (with Galatians 5:6 ; Galatians 6:15 ) Forms versus Character.. Note: I. The emphatic proclamation of the nullity of outward rites. II. Look at the threefold variety of the designation of the essentials. (1) The keeping of the commandments of God is everything (1 Corinthians 7:19 ). (2) "A new creature" (Galatians 6:15 ). The one thing needful is keeping the commandments of God, and the only way by which we can keep the commandments of God, is that we should be formed... read more