1 CORINTHIANS 7:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.”
Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a person to remain as they are. — The anankē (crisis, necessity, constraint) is likely eschatological: believers live in the final era before Christ's return, when ordinary pursuits become less urgent. Paul's counsel that virgins remain unmarried gains credibility from this perceived imminence. The 'good' (kalon) reflects Paul's own eschatological reasoning: why begin new family arrangements in the shadow of the end?
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 7:26
“Now concerning virgins. I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.” Advancing on his way in regular order, he proceeds next to speak concerning virginity. For after that he had exercised and trained them, in his words concerning continence, he goes forth towards what is greater, saying, “I have no commandment, but I esteem it to be good.” For what reason? For the self-same reason as he had mentioned…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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