In "1 Corinthians" the speaker (Paul?) makes reference to a "present crisis" when...

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04-26-2008, 01:03 PM

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In "1 Corinthians" the speaker (Paul?) makes reference to a "present crisis" when...

...he is talking about marriage What is this Crisis? Is it the division of church he is speaking about or another form of crisis?

Also, he seems to be saying that marriage is okay, but he would prefer people didn't marry because it detracts from devotion to God. Isn't this a specific message for a specific time and crisis? If so why is it in the Bible at all? It seems to have no relevance to today, unless you intepret the present state of the Christian Church as "in crisis" (which it is when you consider all the divisions! Worse than in the time of Paul!) so should the message to the Christians of today be - don't marry, concentrate on fixing the church?

I appreictae that's lots of questions, but all on the same theme and prompted by the same passage from 1 Corinitnians (can't remember chapter and verse. Think its Chapter 7 or 8?)

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