Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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Gill's Exposition
Art thou bound unto a wife?.... Or to a woman; either by promise, or by espousal, or by consummate marriage; either of which is a tic, or obligation, a bond, and especially the latter; marriage is…
Barnes' Notes
Art thou bound unto a wife? - Art thou already married? Marriage is often thus represented as a “tie,” a “bond,” etc.; see the note at Rom 7:2. Seek not to be loosed - Seek not a “dissolution” (λύσιν…
Adam Clarke
Art thou bound unto a wife? - i.e. Married; for the marriage contract was considered in the light of a bond.
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