This is the sixth episode in a series that overviews the content of my book Divorce Your Remarriage. I am Chris Iverson and in this episode I tackle 1 Corinthians 7. Paul contradicts the Corinthian theory that celibacy is required. He says that it is sin, not sex, that is to be avoided and therefore, sex within marriage is permissible. To avoid sin, marriage is a necessary institution since not everyone has the gift of celibacy. He writes to widows and widowers in verses 8-9, to the married in verses 10-24, to the betrothed in 25-38, and he summarizes the rule in verses 39-40 that a wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. The text outside the passage to the married (verses 10-24) are unable to provide permission to divorce or remarry since verses 1-9 and 25-40 are not speaking to the married. Within the text to the married (verses 10-24), I show why “to the rest” in verse 12 does not narrow Jesus’ teaching to believer-believer marriages and why “not enslaved” in verse 15 does not mean “not married”, but rather means “not encumbered from serving God” as Paul’s analogy to slavery illuminates in verse 21. However, I share my interpretation that spousal abuse is analogous to an unbeliever departing and, due to Paul’s use of the phrase “in such cases”, verse 15 allows the use of the least separating means possible to escape unsafe marriage environments.
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