1 Corinthians 7:28

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But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

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Ambrosiaster

AD 400

The man who marries does not sin because he is doing something which is permitted. But if he refuses to do it, he earns merit and a crown in heaven, for it takes great selfcontrol to avoid doing something which is not expressly forbidden. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.

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Clement Of Alexandria

AD 215

For I would have you without anxiety, in order to decorum and assiduity for the Lord, without distraction."

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

Paul is not speaking about the woman who has chosen virginity, for if such a woman decides to marry, she has indeed sinned. If widows are condemned for entering into second marriages, how much more is this true of those called to remain virgins.

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Methodius of Olympus

AD 311

For this is acceptable to God, he does not wish these things to be said as by authority, and as the mind of the Lord, with reference to the giving of a virgin in marriage; for after he had said. So, immediately after he had said, "if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned "he added, "such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you."

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Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220

"in re-marrying, still he says "pressure of the flesh ensues."

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