Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
for your own profit—not to display my apostolic authority.
not . . . cast a snare upon you—image from throwing a noose over an animal in hunting. Not that by hard injunctions I may entangle you with the fear of committing sin where there is no sin.
comely—befitting under present circumstances.
attend upon—literally, "assiduously wait on"; sitting down to the duty. Compare Luke 10:39, Mary; Luke 2:37, "Anna . . . a widow, who departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day" (I Timothy 5:5).
distraction—the same Greek as "cumbered" (Luke 10:40, Martha).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 7:35:
1 Corinthians 7:1
1 Corinthians 7:23
1 Corinthians 7:40
1 Corinthians 9:5
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