Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Pour ce qui est des vierges, je n'ai point d'ordre du Seigneur; mais je donne un avis, comme ayant reçu du Seigneur miséricorde pour être fidèle.
KJV
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
f doubtful matters. But counsel is given in matters that are certainly good; thus the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 7:25 ): "Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give counsel." Therefore counsel is not an inquiry. On the contrary, Gregory of Nyssa [*Nemesius, D…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
sin is a matter of direct counsel. But virginity is a matter of direct counsel: for it is written ( 1 Cor. 7:25 ): "Concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give counsel." Therefore virginity is not an unlawful thing. I answer that, In human acts, those are sin…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
Blessed Virgin could not lawfully take a vow of virginity. Objection 2: Further, the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 7:25 ): "Concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give counsel." But the perfection of the counsels was to take its beginning from Christ, who is the "end…
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