Sweeterthanhoney said:
MY Bible says:[bible]
I Cor. 7:27 If you have a wife, DO NOT end the marriage, If you do not have a wife, do not get married. NLT
[/bible]
the word (poorly) translated: 'wife' above,
is from the Greek
'GOONAY',
which means simply:
'WOMAN'
Said passage in Greek:
dedesai
(=dew,
v {deh'-o}
[SIZE=-1]1) to bind tie, fasten)[/SIZE]
gunaiki;
(=gunh,
n {goo-nay'}
[SIZE=-1]1) a woman of any age,)[/SIZE]
(goo-nahee-kee)
mh
(=mh,
d {may}
[SIZE=-1]1) no, not lest)[/SIZE]
zhtei
(=zhtew,
v {dzay-teh'-o}
[SIZE=-1]1) to seek)[/SIZE]
lusin
(=lusiV,n {loo'-sis}
[SIZE=-1]1) a loosing, setting free) :
[/SIZE]
lelusai
(=luw,
v {loo'-o}
[SIZE=-1]1) to loose any person (or thing) tied or fastened)[/SIZE]
apo
(=apo,
p {apo'}
[SIZE=-1]1) of separation ) [/SIZE]
gunaikoV;
(goo-na-hee-kos)
(=gunh,
n {goo-nay'}
[SIZE=-1]1) a woman of any age,)[/SIZE]
mh
(=mh,
d {may}
[SIZE=-1]1) no, not lest)[/SIZE]
zhtei
(=zhtew,
v {dzay-teh'-o}
[SIZE=-1]1) to seek )[/SIZE]
gunaika.
(goona-hee-ka)
(=gunh,
n {goo-nay'}
[SIZE=-1]1) a woman of any age,)[/SIZE]
This is the same wording, when Jesus says to Mary (in John): 'Woman...'
[kai] legei auth o ihsouV,
"[and] says to-her the Jesus,
ti emoi kai soi, gunai;
What (to) Me and (to) you, woman?"
(gunai='goo-nahee')
However...
The passage in the above quotes
(which was addressed to the EARLY-church),
means (IMHO) that IF a REAL marriage
(with love) has occured,
they shouldn't seperate.
the idea that “forbidding to marry” simply applied to the Roman Catholic religion would likely not enter his head. (Besides, Priests and Nuns choose the life they life.) He would understand that anyone who would deny an unmarried person the right to marry would be teaching “doctrines of devils.”
