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Questions About Marriage – Part 1

1 Corinthians 7:1-11

April 30, 2014 • Pastor John Miller

“Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer”—1 Corinthians 7:1-5

The people of the church in Corinth ask Paul the Apostle a series of questions in a letter and now Paul answers the letter. Some of the questions consider food offered to idols and public worship as well as questions regarding what happens to our bodies after death. Now here in this part of Paul’s letter he is answering the questions about marriage. He speaks of married couples in a practical sense, married couples when both are believers and the couples that are uneven in their beliefs. God’s design is best and here Paul is explaining this concept.

Pastor John Miller continues our series through the book of 1 Corinthians with an expository message through 1 Corinthians 7:1-11 titled, Questions About Marriage.

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