1 Cor 7:12-16

Trevor and Margaret Nicholls tmjpbn at ihug.co.nz
Fri Oct 15 16:39:14 EDT 1999


Hi Michael

> Just of couple of points to make on this, 
> 
> 1.  APISTOS might just as easily be a reference to
> "unfaithfulness" in the marriage, rather than "unbelief"
> in Christ.  If it does, that makes what we generally
> consider to be a Pauline "concession" very much
> more in line with what Jesus said.

I don't think so. It seems obvious to me that
the chapter attempts to deal with at least 4 different
categories: the married (both partners believing),
 the no-longer married, "the rest" (one partner APISTOS),
and the never married ("the virgins"). If APISTOS means
"unfaithful" as in "adulterous" this doesn't work.

Thanks
Trevor

Trevor and Margaret Nicholls
e-mail: tmjpbn at ihug.co.nz






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