Ah, the beauty of the \u201cpick and choose\u201d school of theology.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t even begin to count all the weddings I have been to that included a reading of what is probably the most popular wedding Bible verse ever: 1 Corinthians 13. In part, it reads<\/p>\n
\u201cLove is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud \u2026 Love never fails. \u2026 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.\u201d (NIV)<\/p>\n
I agree, the sentiments of this passage are quite beautiful. But I wonder how many soon-to-be-married couples have read all of 1 Corinthians and know of Paul\u2019s opinions on marriage. Paul is not exactly the guy I would propose to give a toast at my wedding. For example, 1 Corinthians 7 says<\/p>\n
\u201cNow to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. \u2026 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. But if you do marry, you have not sinned \u2026 But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.\u201d<\/p>\n
You don\u2019t hear that one read at too many weddings. I admit that I have faced a few troubles in this life, and the occasional passion did burn (when I was a bit younger). But all in all, I don\u2019t look to Paul for advice in marriage. I think he could have benefited from a little therapy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ah, the beauty of the \u201cpick and choose\u201d school of theology. I can\u2019t even begin to count all the weddings I have been to that included a reading of what is probably the most popular wedding Bible verse ever: 1 Corinthians 13. In part, it reads \u201cLove is patient, love is kind. It does not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lithoguru.com\/life\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lithoguru.com\/life\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lithoguru.com\/life\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lithoguru.com\/life\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lithoguru.com\/life\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lithoguru.com\/life\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lithoguru.com\/life\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lithoguru.com\/life\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lithoguru.com\/life\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}