He discusses marriage; |
showing it to be a remedy against sinful desires, |
8 Λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις καλὸν αὐτοῖς ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς καγώ· 9 εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἐγκρατεύονται γαμησάτωσαν, κρεῖττον γάρ ἐστιν γαμεῖν ἢ πυροῦσθαι. |
and that the bond thereof ought not lightly to be dissolved. |
10 Τοῖς
δὲ
γεγαμηκόσιν
παραγγέλλω,
οὐκ
ἐγὼ
ἀλλὰ
ὁ
κύριος,
γυναῖκα
ἀπὸ
ἀνδρὸς
μὴ
χωρισθῆναι,
11 ἐὰν
δὲ
καὶ
χωρισθῇ,
μενέτω
ἄγαμος
ἢ
τῷ
ἀνδρὶ
καταλλαγήτω*,
καὶ
ἄνδρα
γυναῖκα
μὴ
ἀφιέναι.
12 Τοῖς
δὲ
λοιποῖς
λέγω
ἐγὼ
οὐχ
ὁ
κύριος·
εἴ
τις
ἀδελφὸς
γυναῖκα
ἔχει
ἄπιστον
καὶ
αὕτη
συνευδοκεῖ
οἰκεῖν
μετ’
αὐτοῦ,
μὴ
ἀφιέτω
αὐτήν·
13 καὶ
γυνὴ
ἥτις
ἔχει
ἄνδρα
ἄπιστον
καὶ
οὗτος
συνευδοκεῖ
οἰκεῖν
μετ’
αὐτῆς,
μὴ
ἀφιέτω
τὸν
ἄνδρα.
14 ἡγίασται
γὰρ
ὁ
ἀνὴρ
ὁ
ἄπιστος
ἐν
τῇ
γυναικὶ
καὶ
ἡγίασται
ἡ
γυνὴ
ἡ
ἄπιστος
ἐν
τῷ
ἀδελφῷ·
ἐπεὶ
ἄρα
τὰ
τέκνα
ὑμῶν
ἀκάθαρτα
ἐστιν,
νῦν
δὲ
ἅγια
ἐστιν.
15 εἰ
δὲ
ὁ
ἄπιστος
χωρίζεται,
χωριζέσθω·
οὐ
δεδούλωται
ὁ
ἀδελφὸς
ἢ
ἡ
ἀδελφὴ
ἐν
τοῖς
τοιούτοις·
ἐν
δὲ
εἰρήνῃ
κέκληκεν
ὑμᾶς
ὁ
θεός.
16 τί
γὰρ
οἶδας,
γύναι,
εἰ
τὸν
ἄνδρα
σώσεις;
ἢ
τί
οἶδας
ἄνερ,
εἰ
τὴν
γυναῖκα
σώσεις;
|
Every man must be content with his vocation. |
Virginity wherefore to be embraced; |
and for what respects we may either marry, or abstain from marrying. |