From: Harold R. Holmyard III (hholmyard@ont.com)
Date: Tue Apr 11 2000 - 16:15:19 EDT
Dear Darrell,
Since the ones much wiser than you may be busy, let me say that the
context suggests that Paul with TOIS DE LOIPOIS refers to people, and to
all people except those addressed by Christ. In verse 8 the same verb LEGW
has a similar dative indirect object, referring to the unmarried and to
widows. ln verse 10 it is such a dative with PARAGGELLW, but Paul qualifies
that it is "not I but the Lord" who gives the instructions. He refers to
Christ's directives about marriage, which the Gospels record. In 1 Cor 7:12
Paul says that he, not the Lord, speaks to the rest. He immediately gives
instructions about a marriage where one person is a believer and the other
an unbeliever. Perhaps the difference between this couple and those
addressed by Christ in the Gospels is that in Jewish society it was assumed
that both spouses would be believers. The Jew was only to marry a fellow
Jew or a woman who would submit to the God of Israel. Thus Paul was
addressing a situation that Jesus would not have had in mind as He
instructed Israel about marriage.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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